Arbitration Notes

Ex parte communications lead to successful award challenge in Hong Kong

Enforcement refused on due process and public policy grounds after 7-year extension to award deadline on which respondent had no opportunity to comment

Deadline Extension: LCAM-HSF survey on costs in mediation and arbitration to close for responses on 6 September

ICC Arbitration Statistics Confirm Its Continued Popularity

English Commercial Court rules in favour of publishing a judgment on an arbitration claim

In Mordchai Ganz v Petronz FZE & Abraham Goren [2024] EWHC 1011 (Comm), the English Commercial Court (the Court) decided to publish a non-anonymised …

Finality in arbitration: A tribunal's mandate terminates upon disposing of all issues in dispute, unless it expressly reserves its jurisdiction to reopen its award

An arbitrator ordered a party to pay certain sums to the counterparty if the counterparty proved sufficiently that it had incurred those expenses.  …

Dubai's New Judicial Authority: What you need to know

Introduction On 18 April 2024, the Ruler of Dubai established the new Judicial Authority for Resolving Jurisdictional Conflicts between the DIFC Courts …

Register to attend London International Disputes Week 2024 (3 - 7 June)

Now in its fifth year, the much-anticipated London International Disputes Week (LIDW) 2024 will be taking place on 3-7 June 2024, bringing together legal …

HSF Johannesburg co-hosts city's first Arbitration Week

Our Johannesburg team co-hosted the inaugural Johannesburg Arbitration Week, a landmark event that brought together leading arbitration practitioners …

No evidence of authentic and binding contract, then no valid arbitration agreement

In the recent case of Ganz v Petronz FZE and another [2024] EWHC 635 (Comm), the High Court upheld a tribunal's decision to decline jurisdiction over a …

Herbert Smith Freehills' global arbitration practice ranked fifth in the world

Global Arbitration Review (GAR) has unveiled its annual ranking of the world’s leading international arbitration practices, with Herbert Smith Freehills …

Singapore Court recognises Indonesian PKPU proceedings for the first time

In a move that facilitates the seamless integration of cross-border insolvency proceedings between Singapore and Indonesia, Singapore's International …

Herbert Smith Freehills sponsors XXVIth ICC Congress in Hong Kong on 5-8 May 2024

Herbert Smith Freehills is a proud sponsor of the XXVIth Congress of the International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA), being held in Hong Kong …