Arbitration Notes

NEW STOCKHOLM CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ARBITRATOR'S GUIDELINES AND SCC PLATFORM

In October 2019, the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce ("SCC") issued revised arbitrator's guidelines (the "Guidelines"). The …

China's Lin-gang Free Trade Zone in Shanghai Opens to Foreign Arbitration Institutions from 2020

On 8 November 2019, the Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Justice publically announced the "Administrative Measures for Business Offices Established by …

EVENT – LONDON PREVIEW OF JOHANNESBURG ARBITRATION WEEK – 21 NOVEMBER 2019

ENFORCEMENT OF ARBITRATION AWARDS ACROSS EMEA PODCAST SERIES – EPISODE 3: SOUTHERN AFRICA

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN INDIA-RELATED INVESTMENT TREATY ARBITRATION

CICC delivers first ruling, confirms arbitration agreements severable

The First International Commercial Court of the Supreme People's Court of China ("CICC") has recently published its first rulings [1] on the …

ENGLISH HIGH COURT REFUSES TO AWARD COSTS TO CLAIMANT DESPITE SUCCESSFUL ENFORCEMENT OF ICC ARBITRATION AWARD

GAR GUIDE TO CONSTRUCTION ARBITRATION NOW AVAILABLE TO DOWNLOAD, INCLUDING CHAPTER ON “CONSTRUCTION ARBITRATION AND TURNKEY PROJECTS” BY HSF’S JAMES DOE, DAVID NITEK AND NOE MINAMIKATA

DISPUTE RESOLUTION CHOICES FOR BANKS AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS IN A POST-BREXIT WORLD: OPTING FOR ARBITRATION?

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN "CRIMEAN" INVESTMENT ARBITRATION CLAIMS

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 …

Herbert Smith Freehills duo to co-chair Hong Kong Law Reform Commission consultation on arbitration success fees

The Hong Kong Law Reform Commission has appointed Herbert Smith Freehills' Kathryn Sanger and Briana Young to co-chair a consultation on outcome-related …