Arbitration Notes

HKIAC launches updated rules

The Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC) has released its new 2024 Administered Arbitration Rules (2024 HKIAC Rules), which will come into …

Key 2023 statistics from major PRC arbitral institutions: A comparative overview

Most of the leading arbitral institutions in the Mainland PRC experienced strong growth in 2023, according to the most recent statistics. Key themes …

UK Supreme Court upholds anti-suit injunction in Unicredit case finding English courts had jurisdiction to grant relief

Following a hearing that took place last week (17 and 18 April 2024), on 23 April 2024 the UK Supreme Court announced its decision in Unicredit Bank GmbH …

HSF Johannesburg co-hosts city's first Arbitration Week

Our Johannesburg team co-hosted the inaugural Johannesburg Arbitration Week, a landmark event that brought together leading arbitration practitioners …

DIFC Court of Appeal rules that a DIAC provisional award providing for interim relief measures is enforceable as an 'award'

On 22 March 2024, the highest court of the Dubai International Financial Centre ('DIFC') rejected an appeal, ruling that a provisional award issued by a …

Herbert Smith Freehills promotes three arbitration specialists to its global partnership

Herbert Smith Freehills has promoted ten Disputes lawyers to its partnership out of a total of 27 worldwide. The promotions in the Disputes practice, …

No evidence of authentic and binding contract, then no valid arbitration agreement

In the recent case of Ganz v Petronz FZE and another [2024] EWHC 635 (Comm), the High Court upheld a tribunal's decision to decline jurisdiction over a …

Lights, camera, apparent bias: Arbitrator successfully challenged in film industry arbitration

In the recent decision in H1 and another v W,D and F [2024] EWHC 382 (Comm), the English High Court granted an application under section 24(1)(a) of the …

Australian courts provide safe harbour to arbitration agreements in bills of lading

Enforcement of arbitral awards: Award creditor successfully seeks remedy from European court of Human Rights for Albania's extraordinary delay in recognising arbitral award

The European Court of Human Rights (the ECtHR) has found that in delaying recognition of an arbitral award against it, the Republic of Albania breached …

Hong Kong court upholds award challenge for lack of reasons

The Hong Kong Court of First Instance has refused to enforce an AAA-ICDR award because the arbitrator failed to give reasons for her decisions on key …

Herbert Smith Freehills' global arbitration practice ranked fifth in the world

Global Arbitration Review (GAR) has unveiled its annual ranking of the world’s leading international arbitration practices, with Herbert Smith Freehills …