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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29 November 2018
Hong Kong Court grants injunction, holds tortious claim unaffected by arbitration agreement
In Castlemil Infant (HK) Supplies Co Ltd v Care N Love Development Ltd [2018] HKDC 1419, the Hong Kong District Court granted a mandatory injunction, …
17 November 2018
The ICC standard arbitration clause potentially invalid in Russia
According to Russian media, the ICC has recently applied to the Russian Supreme Court ("SC") asking that it clarify the approach of Russian courts to the …
24 October 2018
Contracting with governments: pitfalls, arbitration, sovereign immunity and enforcement
Entering into a contract with an entity owned or controlled by the state poses unique challenges not faced when dealing with a private commercial …
17 October 2018
Indian Supreme Court rules that Indian courts have jurisdiction to hear an application to set aside an award issued in Malaysia
In its recent decision in Union of India v Hardy Exploration and Production (available here), the Supreme Court of India found that a contractual clause …
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
LCIA-MIAC Joint Venture Agreement Terminated
The London Court of International Arbitration (the LCIA) and the Government of Mauritius have announced the termination of their joint venture which …
18 July 2018
HONG KONG COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE STAYS COURT PROCEEDINGS TO ARBITRATION, REITERATES S.20 PRINCIPLES
In Leung Kwok Hung trading as Kaiser (M&E) Decoration Engineering Company v. Johnson Controls Hong Kong Limited [HCCT 56/2017], the Hong Kong Court …
12 July 2018
Absence of a bilateral or multilateral treaty for enforcement of judgments between UK and Lebanon leads to English Court issuing anti-suit injunction in favour of arbitration
In the case of Perkins Engines Company Limited v Mohammed Samih Hussein Ghaddar & Ghaddar Machinery Co. S.A.L [2018] EWHC 1500 (Comm) the English …
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
West Tankers principle unaffected by Recast Brussels Regulation; mandatory foreign jurisdictional rules do not encroach on scope of widely worded arbitration clause
In Nori Holdings Limited et al v PJSC Bank Okritie Financial Corporation [2018] EWHC 1343 (Comm) the English court has applied the Recast Brussels …
17 May 2018
New South Wales CA imports arbitration clause from one entity to another, stays proceedings
In Warner Bros Feature Productions Pty Ltd v Kennedy Miller Mitchell Films Pty Ltd [2018] NSWCA 81, the New South Wales Court of Appeal overturned the …
03 April 2018
Hong Kong judge defers to arbitration in dismissing winding up petition
In a recent Court of First Instance case before Harris J, Southwest Pacific Bauxite (HK) Ltd (Company) sought to strike out a winding-up petition issued …
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