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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11 December 2018
Hong Kong's funding code published
As noted in our earlier post, Hong Kong published its long-awaited Code of Practice for Third Party Funding of Arbitration on 7 December 2018. …
10 December 2018
Hong Kong funding law to take effect 1 February
Hong Kong has published its long-awaited Code of Practice for third party funders, and announced that amendments to the Arbitration Ordinance which …
07 December 2018
Supreme People's Court Issues Rules of Procedure for the China International Commercial Courts
On 1 July 2018, the Supreme People's Court of China (SPC) promulgated Provisions on Several Issues Regarding the Establishment of International …
29 November 2018
The threat of imprisonment for arbitrators in the UAE has been removed as Article 257 is amended
A decision by the federal government of the UAE to remove arbitrators from the scope of application of Article 257 of the UAE Penal Code has been …
23 November 2018
Facing cybersecurity head on: the arbitration community develops guidance on how to tackle this difficult issue
There is an emerging consensus among the arbitration community that parties, arbitral institutions and tribunals in individual arbitration matters must …
01 November 2018
Arbitrating in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Arbitration in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has been subject to material reform in recent years which has had a positive effect in the realm of dispute …
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 …
26 September 2018
Be on time to preserve your right to Active Remedies – the Singapore High Court considers a party's duty to apply promptly when challenging the jurisdiction of an arbitral tribunal
In Rakna Arakshaka Lanka Ltd ("RALL") v Avant Garde Maritime Services (Private) Limited ("AGMS") [2018] SGHC 78, the Singapore High Court dismissed an …
18 September 2018
Recent Developments in India-related International Arbitration
Herbert Smith Freehills has issued the latest edition of its Indian international arbitration e-bulletin. In this issue we consider various court …
30 August 2018
India's lower house of Parliament approves further amendments to the Indian Arbitration Act
As previously reported here, a draft Bill to amend the Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996 (the "Act") was approved by the Indian Cabinet on 7 March …
09 August 2018
International Arbitration Community Welcomes Argentina and Uruguay's New International Commercial Arbitration Acts
On July 3, 2018, Uruguay passed its International Commercial Arbitration Act after its upper house, the Chamber of Senators, signed off the draft in …
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 …
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