Arbitration Notes

ENGLISH COURT REFUSES ANTI-SUIT INJUNCTION AGAINST NON-PARTY TO ARBITRATION AGREEMENT

CRAIG TEVENDALE EXPLORES TRENDS IN LIQUIFIED NATURAL GAS DISPUTES

HONG KONG COURT GRANTS INTERIM ANTI-SUIT INJUNCTION IN FAVOUR OF ARBITRATION TO RESTRAIN COURT PROCEEDINGS INVOLVING THIRD PARTY

In GM1 and GM2 v KC [2019] HKCFI 2793, the Hong Kong Court of First Instance granted an interim anti-suit injunction restraining mainland Chinese court …

High Court grants anti-suit injunction, having found that the parties to an insurance policy had agreed to arbitration despite a Service of Suit clause

In Hiscox Dedicated Corporate Member v Weyerhaeuser Co [2019] EWHC 2671 (Comm), the High Court (the English Court) continued an anti-suit injunction …

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 …

'WINGING' IT ON ENFORCEMENT? SOUTH AFRICAN COURT LIFTS ATTACHMENT OVER TANZANIAN PLANE BECAUSE UNDERLYING AWARD 'CEASED TO EXIST'

HONG KONG: COURT GRANTS ANTI-SUIT INJUNCTION TO RESTRAIN FOREIGN PROCEEDINGS IN BREACH OF AN ARBITRATION AGREEMENT UNDER AN INSURANCE POLICY

In the recent case of AIG Insurance Hong Kong Ltd v Lynn McCullough and William McCullough [2019] HKCFI 1649, the Hong Kong Court of First Instance (CFI) …

No If, No But – Will an arbitration agreement always trump a winding-up petition?

In But Ka Chon v Interactive Brokers LLC [2019] HKCA 873, the Hong Kong Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal to set aside a statutory demand arising out …

ENGLISH COURT GRANTS ANTI-SUIT INJUNCTION ORDERING THE DEFENDANT TO DISCONTINUE ITS CLAIM IN A NEW YORK COURT UNDER A D&O INSURANCE POLICY

SINGAPORE ARBITRATION UPDATE: A POTENTIAL CHANGE FOR 'OPT-IN' APPEALS FOR ERRORS OF LAW AND COURT CONFIRMATION OF THE CORRECT STANDARD TO BE MET TO RESTRAIN WINDING UP PROCEEDINGS WHERE A CLAIM IS SUBJECT TO ARBITRATION

Two recent developments in the Singapore arbitration landscape are of interest.  First, a written response from the Singapore Minister for Law …

HIGH COURT OF AUSTRALIA RULES ON INTERPRETATION OF ARBITRATION CLAUSES

In an important and clarifying decision, the High Court of Australia has handed down its decision in Rinehart & Anor v Hancock …

WIND OF CHANGE IN RUSSIAN ARBITRATION: REVIEW OF SUPREME COURT CLARIFICATIONS