Arbitration Notes

Indian Supreme Court orders arbitrator backlog to be cleared

ENSURE SMOOTH SAILING: SEEKING A SUBPOENA IN SUPPORT OF ARBITRATION

A recent decision of the Federal Court of Australia sheds light on how to effectively seek a subpoena from a court in support of arbitration …

HSF'S JUSTIN D'AGOSTINO CELEBRATES EQUAL REPRESENTATION IN ARBITRATION PLEDGE REACHING 5,000 SIGNATURES

Justin D'Agostino, our CEO and co-chair of the ERA Pledge Global Steering Committee, talks about his involvement with the Pledge and why he thinks it's …

HSF PARIS TO HOST LCIA EUROPEAN USERS' COUNCIL BREAKFAST SEMINAR ON 14 JUNE 2022

Hong Kong Court of Appeal rules on landmark case regarding escalation clauses

LCIA publishes its casework report for 2021 – showing among other things an increased number of cases from North America and the Middle East and continued improvement in arbitrator diversity in appointments by the LCIA Court

The LCIA has published its Casework Report for 2021, its annual summary of its caseload and trends. It reported fewer new cases than in the record high …

English High Court confirms that a non-participating party may contest jurisdiction even though an arbitrator has been appointed

In National Investment Bank Ltd v Eland International (Thailand) Co. Ltd and another [2022] EWHC 1168 (Comm), the English High Court considered the …

Future of Consumer APAC: Managing and exiting distribution agreements

HSF publishes Disputes in the Technology Industry Q&As for Practical Law (UK)

HSF technology disputes practitioners Andrew Moir, Rachel Lidgate, Martin Hevey, Kate Macmillan, Peter Dalton, Heather Newton and Rachel Montagnon have …

Inconsistent dispute resolution clauses – exploring the limits of the Fiona Trust presumption

THE FRENCH SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS SET ASIDE OF AWARD DUE TO EVIDENCE OF MONEY LAUNDERING

In Belokon v. Kyrgyzstan (Cass. Civ. 1ère, 23 March 2022, No. 17-17.981), the French Supreme Court upheld the 2017 decision of the Paris Court of Appeal …

USE OF ARBITRATION IN THE BANKING AND FINANCE SECTOR (PART 1): LCIA STATISTICS SHOW GROWTH

The LCIA has released its Annual Casework Report for 2021, showing that disputes in the Banking and Finance sector represented the LCIA's biggest …