Arbitration Notes

Russia's Supreme Court consolidates court practice on application of counter-sanctions legislation by Russian courts, including on questions of Russian court jurisdiction; anti-suit injunctions and the recognition of foreign judgments and awards

English court continues anti-suit and anti-enforcement injunctions in support of arbitration agreement despite Russian judgment obtained in breach

Overlapping dispute resolution clauses: the Court of Appeal rejects anti-suit injunction application to prevent Moscow proceedings in connection with English law governed Facility Agreement

The secret's out: English High Court orders limited disclosure despite arbitral confidentiality

Cross post: Court of Appeal grants UniCredit's request to discharge final anti-suit injunction in its favour in order to avoid Russian court-imposed penalty

Russian Supreme Court Refuses Enforcement of Arbitration Award due to the Nationality of the Arbitrators

The Russian Supreme Court has refused enforcement of an arbitration award on the basis of the "public policy" exception in the New York Convention.

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 …

HKIAC reports record amount in dispute for 2023

The HKIAC's recently released statistics for 2023 reveal that the institution had a record-breaking year measured by the amount in dispute, underscoring …

NAVIGATING UK SANCTIONS AGAINST RUSSIAN PERSONS IN INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION

This blog was first published by Kluwer Arbitration and can be found here. Russia's invasion of Ukraine has created an environment ripe for controversy …

RUSSIAN SUPREME COURT SAYS INTERNATIONAL SANCTIONS ARE SUFFICIENT TO IGNORE DISPUTE RESOLUTION CLAUSE

OVERVIEW OF THE LATEST COURT PRACTICE ON THE RUSSIAN SANCTIONS-RELATED AMENDMENTS—IS WINTER COMING?

ICC AND SIAC ATTAIN "PERMANENT ARBITRATION INSTITUTION" STATUS IN RUSSIA