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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24 November 2011
LCIA publishes arbitrator challenge decisions
Under the LCIA Arbitration Rules, a party to an LCIA administered arbitration can challenge the appointment or conduct of an arbitrator "if circumstances …
24 November 2011
Reims Court of Appeal annuls ICC Award for failure to disclose conflict of interest during proceedings
On 2 November 2011, the Reims Court of Appeal set aside an ICC partial award, Avax v Tecnimont, due to the failure of the Chair of the tribunal to …
24 November 2011
Declaratory award on tribunal's jurisdiction is enforceable despite proceedings elsewhere
In African Fertilizers and Chemicals Nig v BD Shipsnavo, the Commercial Court held that a declaratory award on the jurisdiction of an arbitral tribunal …
24 November 2011
UK - Court grants stay of proceedings where arbitration option exercised in related finance contract
In Deutsche Bank v Tongkah Harbour, the UK Commercial Court was asked to consider a suite of contracts dealing with the financing of a gold exploration …
13 July 2011
Court of Cassation confirms setting aside of award for lack of due process where a tribunal had based its finding on a principle of law not discussed during the hearing
In 1998 Overseas Mining Investments Ltd (OMI), a privately held company incorporated in the Channel Islands, entered into a joint venture agreement with …
13 July 2011
Amsterdam Court of Appeal finding that Russian court's annulment of an arbitral award was the result of a "partial and dependent judicial process" gives rise to an issue estoppel in England
In Yukos Capital v OJSC Rosneft Oil Co the English High Court considered two preliminary issues in enforcement proceedings brought by Yukos Capital, in …
20 April 2011
West Tankers: The saga continues – has West Tankers found a way around the ECJ's judgment, enabling it to frustrate the Italian proceedings that it earlier failed to injunct?
On 6 April 2011, in the latest instalment of the West Tankers dispute, the Commercial Court in London upheld an earlier order for enforcement of a …
03 March 2011
Shareholders' unfair prejudice disputes may be arbitrated
In Fulham Football Club v Sir David Richards and the FA Premier League the High Court determined that the ability to bring an unfair prejudice petition …
08 February 2011
Brussels Regulation: The Commission proposes radical changes to rules on jurisdiction and enforcement of judgments
On Tuesday (14 December 2010) the Commission published its eagerly anticipated proposals relating to reforms to the Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 on …
08 February 2011
European Union - the Commission publishes its long-awaited proposal on a replacement for the Brussels Regulation; proposes changes to the arbitration exception
On 14 December 2010 the European Commission published its proposals for the reform of the Brussels Regulation governing the recognition and enforcement …
08 February 2011
France - new arbitration law
In a decree dated 13 January 2011, France enacted a reform of its already arbitration friendly law of domestic and international arbitration. The reforms …
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