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Astro v Lippo: First Media's Hong Kong appeal dismissed
Hong Kong's Court of Appeal (CA) has given judgment in the latest instalment of the dispute between Malaysia's Astro media group and Indonesia's Lippo. …
English court upholds arbitrator's decision to award claimant the costs of third party funding
The English court has refused a challenge under s68(2)(b) of the Arbitration Act 1996 (the Act) and held that a sole arbitrator did not exceed his powers …
English Court refuses to allow challenge to arbitral award to be discontinued
The English Court has recently held that a party will not be able to discontinue appeal proceedings challenging an arbitral award in circumstances where …
Hong Kong Court of Appeal refuses to set aside final award
In a judgment handed down on 15 August 2016, the Hong Kong Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal seeking to set an ICC award (Tronic …
Challenges to an LCIA award on grounds of serious irregularity and substantive jurisdiction dismissed by the English Court
In C v D [2016] EWHC 1893 (Comm), the Commercial Court (the Court) dismissed an attempt to set aside an LCIA Award. The claimants brought …
Staying above the fray: Singapore High Court sets aside arbitral award on basis of breach of natural justice
In JVL Agro Industries Ltd v Agritrade International Pte Ltd, the Singapore High Court set aside an arbitral award on the grounds that the tribunal, in …
Hong Kong Court stays enforcement of award pending challenge at seat, on condition of security
In L v. B (HCCT 41/2015), the Hong Kong Court of First Instance (CFI) adjourned enforcement proceedings, on condition that security in the sum of the …
Arbitral tribunal's refusal to strike out a claim could not be challenged under s68 or s69 of the Arbitration Act 1996
In a recent decision, the Mercantile Court dismissed two appeals under s68 (procedural irregularity) and s69 (error of law) of the Arbitration Act 1996 …
English Court of Appeal refuses permission to appeal dismissed s67 claim
In a further development in the case of Union Marine Classification Services LLC v The Government of the Union of Comoros covered on our blog here, the …
Hong Kong Court of Appeal affirms partial set aside of an arbitral award for "serious" irregularity
The Hong Kong Court of Appeal ("CA") recently affirmed a decision of the Court of First Instance ("CFI"), in which an arbitral award was partially set …
UK Supreme Court rules on section 69 challenge to an arbitral award: do the courts plan to take a more active role in arbitration?
On 11 May 2016 the Supreme Court handed down a ruling on a challenge to an arbitral award on a point of law, under section 69 of the Arbitration Act …
Arbitration and intra-EU BITs – German Bundesgerichtshof weighs in on the discussion
In its decision of 3 March 2016 (I ZB 2/15), published on 11 May 2016, the German Federal Court of Justice ("BGH") announced that it would request the …
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