Arbitration Notes

ENGLISH COURT REFUSES ANTI-SUIT INJUNCTION AGAINST NON-PARTY TO ARBITRATION AGREEMENT

COUR DE CASSATION UPHOLDS DECISION TO SET ASIDE AN AWARD FOLLOWING AN ARBITRATOR'S NON-DISCLOSURE

HONG KONG: CFI REFUSES TO SET ASIDE EX PARTE ORDER ALLOWING SERVICE OUT ON BASIS OF DEFENDANT'S SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION

ENGLISH COURT DISMISSES APPEAL ON POINT OF LAW AGAINST PARTIAL FINAL AWARD

English Commercial Court refuses to grant interim injunctive relief requiring a party to withdraw a claim in another jurisdiction

HONG KONG COURT GRANTS INTERIM ANTI-SUIT INJUNCTION IN FAVOUR OF ARBITRATION TO RESTRAIN COURT PROCEEDINGS INVOLVING THIRD PARTY

In GM1 and GM2 v KC [2019] HKCFI 2793, the Hong Kong Court of First Instance granted an interim anti-suit injunction restraining mainland Chinese court …

High Court grants anti-suit injunction, having found that the parties to an insurance policy had agreed to arbitration despite a Service of Suit clause

In Hiscox Dedicated Corporate Member v Weyerhaeuser Co [2019] EWHC 2671 (Comm), the High Court (the English Court) continued an anti-suit injunction …

Will Halliburton be the final word on apparent bias?

Hong Kong court refuses enforcement of mainland award, rejects limitation arguments

In Wang Peiji v Wei Zhiyong [2019] HKCFI 2593; [2019] HKEC 3446, the Hong Kong Court of First Instance has set aside an order to enforce a mainland …

Hong Kong–Mainland interim relief arrangement to take effect 1 October

The Supreme People's Court of China and the Department of Justice of Hong Kong SAR announced today that the Arrangement Concerning Mutual Assistance in …

PRO-ENFORCEMENT STANCE OF ENGLISH COURTS IS PUT TO TEST IN S103(5) APPLICATION FOR ADJOURNMENT OF ENFORCEMENT

Herbert Smith Freehills - SMU Asian Arbitration Lecture

This year marks the ninth edition of the Herbert Smith Freehills - SMU Asian Arbitration Lecture Series. We are delighted that The Honourable Justice …