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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15 December 2017
English Commercial Court upholds s68 serious irregularity challenges to an arbitral award holding that the arbitrator should have ensured that costs are pleaded by all parties
In Oldham v. QBE Insurance (Europe) Ltd [2017] EWHC 3045 (Comm), the Commercial Court held that the arbitrator's decisions on costs could be challenged …
28 November 2017
Has the pendulum swung back in favour of the DIFC courts? Two new decisions of the Judicial Tribunal
We recently reported on three decisions of the Judicial Tribunal (please click here) following our commentary on the Judicial Tribunal's controversial …
09 November 2017
The LCIA updates its guidance on the use of Tribunal Secretaries
The role of tribunal secretaries in arbitration is an important subject which generates a range of different views, often expressed in strong …
07 November 2017
ICC publishes note on early dismissal of manifestly unmeritorious claims or defences
On 30 October 2017, the International Chamber of Commerce ("ICC") published guidance designed to provide greater clarity on the scope for "immediate …
30 October 2017
English Court rejects claim that notice of arbitration given in a foreign language is not proper notice
In a dispute between an English company and a Russian company, the English High Court (the Court) refused to set aside an order enforcing a Russian …
20 October 2017
Hong Kong Court continues injunction in aid of foreign arbitral proceedings
In Ve Global UK Limited v Charles Allard Jr and Intelita Limited, HCMP1678/2017, 10 October 2017, the Hong Kong Court of First Instance continued …
11 October 2017
Parallel court and arbitration proceedings: English High Court grapples with further case management issues in Panama Canal dispute, clarifying that service of a defence pending appeal on refusal to grant a stay will not constitute “a step towards answering the substantive claim”
In our previous blog post on Autoridad del Canal de Panama v Sacyr, S.A. & Ors, we considered a failed application to stay English court proceedings …
28 September 2017
English High Court refuses stay of proceedings despite possible overlap with issues subjected to parallel ICC arbitration proceedings.
A consortium of construction companies (the Consortium) was unsuccessful in obtaining a stay of court proceedings pending before the English High Court …
10 May 2017
English court endorses typical use of tribunal secretary in LCIA arbitration
The English Court has rejected an arbitrator challenge under s24 of the English Arbitration Act 1996 (the Act) on the basis of alleged "over-delegation" …
28 March 2017
Herbert Smith Freehills' Response to EU Consultation: the Future of Investor-State Dispute Settlement
As discussed in our blog post here, on 21 December 2016 the EU Commission launched a public consultation on the multilateral reform of the …
22 March 2017
English Court considers unilateral communications between arbitrator and party and anonymisation of judgments related to an arbitration
In a recent challenge to an award made under s68 of the English Arbitration Act 1996, in Symbion Power LLC v Venco Imtiaz Construction Company the …
13 March 2017
The Race Towards Predictability: Does It Threaten The Effectiveness Of Modern Arbitration?
Mathias Wittinghofer, a partner in the Frankfurt office of Herbert Smith Freehills has published an article on predictability in international …
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