Inside Arbitration: Issue 21
Marking a decade of Inside Arbitration, this edition brings together the themes shaping today’s international arbitration landscape
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21 December 2018
English court provides new guidance on summary dismissal process for groundless serious irregularity challenges
The English High Court has in the last few days proposed a procedurally strict approach to serious irregularity challenges under s68 of the Arbitration …
11 December 2018
English Court upholds on paper dismissal of serious irregularity challenge with no prospects of success
The English High Court's decision in Asset Management Corporation Of Nigeria v Qatar National Bank [2018] EWHC 2218 (Comm), handed down in July 2018 but …
10 December 2018
Arbitrator's independent inquiries amount to a serious irregularity – English court remits award back to arbitrator
The English High Court has upheld a challenge to an arbitration award on the grounds of serious irregularity, in Fleetwood Wanderers Ltd (t/a Fleetwood …
02 November 2018
English High Court refuses to set aside order for enforcement under s103 in long-running dispute regarding ICC award
The English High Court has refused an application under s.103 of the Arbitration Act 1996 ("AA 1996") to set-aside an order allowing for the enforcement …
01 November 2018
English court sets aside arbitration award for serious irregularity due to tribunal's non-disclosure of novel point central to award
The odds of successfully challenging an arbitral award in the English Courts on the basis of s68 of the Arbitration Act 1996 (serious irregularity) …
23 August 2018
Implied horizontal contract prompts stay of proceedings S9 AA 1996
In Mercato Sports v Everton[1], the English High Court found that two parties were bound by an implied horizontal contract containing an arbitration …
19 July 2018
Reliance v Union of India: English Court confirms that there is no serious irregularity under s68(2)(a) if an issue of construction decided by the tribunal is "squarely in play"
In Reliance Industries Limited & Ors v The Union of India [2018] EWHC 822 (Comm) the English commercial court (the Court) considered a number of …
03 July 2018
English Court dismisses attempt to set aside LCIA award on grounds of serious irregularity
In the recent case of X v Y [2018] EWHC 741 (Comm), the English High Court dismissed an application to set aside an arbitral award under s68 of the …
27 June 2018
Win some, lose some: English court considers contractual limit on period to bring a claim in arbitration under section 12 of the Arbitration Act 1996
The English Commercial Court (the Court) has considered[1] the principles governing contractual time-bars and an application under s12 of the English …
22 June 2018
Award dismissing a claim for inordinate and inexcusable delay survives challenge in the English court
In Grindrod Shipping Pte Ltd v Hyundai Merchant Marine Co. Ltd, the English High Court ("the Court") rejected an application under s68 of the Arbitration …
30 May 2018
Luxury superyacht arbitration relaunched following rare section 45 application to the English court
In a recent decision, Goodwood Investments Holdings Inc. v Thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions AG [2018] EWHC 1056 (Comm), the English court has considered …
18 May 2018
English Court holds that arbitration clauses in individual sales contracts govern the disputes arising from corrupt arrangement to induce the contracts when an "umbrella agent agreement" is silent about dispute resolution
In a decision dated 24 April 2018, the English Commercial Court (the "Court") dismissed challenges brought under s67 and s32 of the English …
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