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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16 March 2015
Stay of enforcement of guarantee on basis that guarantor agrees to be bound by pending arbitration award
In [Stemcor UK Ltd v Global Steel Holdings Ltd and Pramod Mittal] the English High Court (the Court) was required to consider the Claimant's application …
13 March 2015
English Court's reminder that (i) courts will allow the arbitral process to correct itself without intervention where possible and (ii) a party seeking to set aside an Award must do so on the correct basis and in good time
In a recent judgment handed down by Eder J in the case of Union Marine Classification Services LLC v Government of the Union of Comoros, the English …
11 March 2015
Hong Kong Court casts doubt on enforceability of ICC awards made in Mainland China
The Hong Kong Court of First Instance has declined to set aside a partial award for lack of jurisdiction where the arbitration clause provided for ICC …
10 March 2015
The Proliferation of "Soft Laws" in International Arbitration: Time to Draw the Line?
Paula Hodges QC, Partner and Head of the Global Arbitration Practice at Herbert Smith Freehills has published an article on the impact of the …
06 March 2015
Herbert Smith Freehills hosts TTIP event in partnership with Chatham House
On Wednesday 4th March Herbert Smith Freehills hosted an event in partnership with Chatham House (the Royal Institute for International Affairs, London), …
05 March 2015
Beijing court backs SHIAC and SCIA
Since our last blog post on the Ni Laibao case (see here), in which Shanghai No.2 Intermediate Court ruled that Shanghai International Arbitration Centre …
04 March 2015
Paris Court of Appeal orders the retraction of an award made where one arbitrator lacked independence: the ongoing Tapie saga
In a remarkable judgment of 17 February 2015, rendered further to a rarely-seen application for revision of an arbitral award (which in this case lead to …
02 March 2015
English court refuses to enforce New York Convention Award that was set aside at the seat of arbitration and that granted remedies that were not pleaded
In a judgment handed down on 19 February 2015 in the case of Malicorp Ltd v Government of the Arab Republic of Egypt and others, English Commercial Court …
27 February 2015
Paris Court of Appeal enforces award under ICSID Additional Facility Rules between Gold Reserve and Venezuela
Abstract: In République Bolivarienne du Venezuela c/ Société Gold Reserve INC, Cour d'appel de Paris, Pôle 1 – Chambre 1, RG N° 14/21103, a judge sitting …
27 February 2015
Astro and Lippo – the Hong Kong leg: important lessons and potential risks for award-debtors
First Media, part of the Lippo Group and the unsuccessful defendant in a Singapore-seated arbitration, has failed to resist enforcement in Hong Kong of …
26 February 2015
Herbert Smith Freehills ranked as the 8th busiest arbitration practice in the world by Global Arbitration Review
We are delighted to announce that Herbert Smith Freehills’ International Arbitration practice has been ranked as the 8th busiest practices in the world …
26 February 2015
English court removes arbitrator based on justifiable doubts as to his impartiality
In its recent judgment in Sierra Fishing Company and others v Hasan Said Farran and others [2015] EWHC 140 (Comm), the English Court granted an …
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