Arbitration Notes

BEIJING COURT REJECTS APPLICATION TO SET ASIDE TRIBUNAL'S INSTRUMENT RECORDING MEDIATED SETTLEMENT TERMS, CITING LACK OF LEGAL BASIS

In Li Lian Dong and Others v Shen Yi (2018) Jing 04 Min Te 541, a first instance decision made earlier this year, the Beijing 4th Intermediate People’s …

Breaking: Mainland Chinese courts can order interim relief for HK arbitrations

The Hong Kong SAR Government and China's Supreme People's Court today signed a mutual assistance pact on interim relief in support of arbitration. For …

AUSTRALIA AND INDONESIA SIGN COMPREHENSIVE ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT

On 4 March 2019, Australia and Indonesia signed the Australia-Indonesia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement ("CEPA"). In this post, we briefly …

AUSTRALIA AND HONG KONG SIGN NEW TRADE AGREEMENT CONTAINING INVESTOR-STATE DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROVISIONS

ENGLISH HIGH COURT GRANTS INJUNCTION TO BLOCK JORDANIAN PROCEEDINGS SEEKING TO INVALIDATE AN ARBITRATION AGREEMENT

On 1 March 2019 the English court granted the claimant, ACT, a permanent anti-suit injunction against proceedings issued in  Jordan (the Jordanian …

Singapore court refuses set aside on the basis that the successful party in the arbitration did not call witnesses to give evidence and disclose certain documents

Hong Kong Court refuses leave to appeal arbitral award

Revised ICC note to parties and tribunals: will publication of awards become the new normal?

This post was originally published on the Kluwer Arbitration Blog, 7 March 2019. ICC’s updated guidance to parties On 20 December 2018 the International …

HONG KONG COURT FINDS ENFORCEMENT OF ARBITRAL AWARD TIME BARRED

US District Court in New York reviews AAA Appellate arbitral panel decision with the same deference as arbitral awards under the FAA

HONG KONG COURT FINDS THAT DEFENDANT WAIVED RIGHT TO CHALLENGE JURISDICTION

Israel Sorin Shohat, the Third Defendant in proceedings commenced by Mr Balram Chainrai, sought to challenge the jurisdiction of Hong Kong courts to hear …

Section 67 and 68 challenges to LCIA award dismissed

In the highly complex and contentious case of Filatona Trading Ltd and another v Navigator Equities Ltd and others [2019] EWHC 173 (Comm), the English …