Arbitration Notes

English Court reserves costs of an ASI Application for arbitral tribunal to facilitate enforcement

English Court confirms strict approach to contractual interpretation of time limits in light of the Arbitration Act (updated for Court of Appeal decision)

Hold On To Your Seats! English Court Clarifies Jurisdictional Gateway for ASIs

A recent English Commercial Court decision partially discharging interim relief highlights the jurisdictional hurdles faced by parties seeking ASIs in …

Hong Kong court grants anti-suit relief against sanctioned Russian bank

German bank obtains injunctions to restrain Russian court proceedings commenced in breach of HKIAC arbitration agreement; argument that court lacked …

Privy Council changes English law on the intersection of insolvency and arbitration

In Sian Participation Corporation (In Liquidation) v Halimeda International Ltd [2024] UKPC 16, the Privy Council considered an appeal from the Court of …

English Commercial Court rejects novel argument that LCIA arbitration agreement frustrated by sanctions, granting anti-suit and anti-enforcement injunctions restraining Russian proceedings

In an ongoing dispute between Barclays Bank and VEB, the state development bank of the Russian Federation, the English Commercial Court has granted (i) …

Comity Central: English Commercial Court emphasises importance of comity in refusing to grant anti-suit injunction restraining Malaysian proceedings

In Euronav Shipping NV v Black Swan Petroleum DMCC [2024] EWHC 986 (Comm), the English Commercial Court (the Commercial Court) refused an anti-suit …

UK Supreme Court upholds anti-suit injunction in Unicredit case finding English courts had jurisdiction to grant relief

Following a hearing that took place last week (17 and 18 April 2024), on 23 April 2024 the UK Supreme Court announced its decision in Unicredit Bank GmbH …

Lights, camera, apparent bias: Arbitrator successfully challenged in film industry arbitration

In the recent decision in H1 and another v W,D and F [2024] EWHC 382 (Comm), the English High Court granted an application under section 24(1)(a) of the …

Inside Arbitration Podcasts: Clause and Effect: Unicredit, Enka and the Arbitration Bill

Join Liz Kantor, Vanessa Naish, and guest, Hannah Ambrose in the third episode of our Inside Arbitration Podcasts series as they delve into the Court of …

Cross post: Anti-suit injunctions: High court considers proper approach where facts relevant to jurisdiction disputed

In a recent post on our HSF Litigation notes blog, HSF Partners Andrew Cannon and Sarah McNally and Professional Support Consultant Maura McIntosh …

ANTI-SUIT INJUNCTIONS IN RESPECT OF RUSSIAN PROCEEDINGS: ENGLISH COURT OF APPEAL APPLIES ENKA V CHUBB AND ALLOWS THE FINAL ANTI-SUIT INJUNCTION IN THE RUSCHEMALLIANCE TRILOGY