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THE ARBITRABILITY OF EMPLOYMENT DISPUTES IN AUSTRALIA
In Reeves v Alt Advisory (Jersey) Limited and Alt Financial Group Limited [2023] VSC 249 (Reeves), the Supreme Court of Victoria has enforced a private …
HONG KONG COURT CONFIRMS JUDICIAL IMMUNITY TO ARBITRATORS WHEN COMPELLED TO GIVE EVIDENCE
In Song Lihua v Lee Chee Hong [2023] HKCFI 1954, the Court of First Instance considered whether arbitrators can be compelled to give evidence in …
English Commercial Court rejects consumer's public policy challenge to arbitration award due to insufficiently "close connection" of the contract to UK
In Eternity Sky Investments Ltd v Mrs Xiaomin Zhang [2023] EWHC 1964 (Comm), the English Commercial Court has rejected a challenge to an arbitration …
ARBITRATION AND INSOLVENCY: AUSTRALIAN COURT DETERMINES WHEN ARBITRATION COSTS ORDERS CAN BE RECOVERABLE AGAINST A COMPANY IN ADMINISTRATION
The Federal Court of Australia recently determined an application brought by the administrators of a company in voluntary administration seeking judicial …
HSF SUCCESSFULLY DEFENDS CHALLENGE TO ARBITRATION AWARD IN ENGLISH HIGH COURT
Craig Tevendale, Susan Field and Jerome Temme have successfully acted for EGK in defending a s.68 challenge under the English Arbitration Act 1996. We …
Paula Hodges KC will speak at the AIEN/LCIA Conference on Dispute Resolution in the International Energy Business
Herbert Smith Freehills is a proud sponsor of the upcoming Dispute Resolution in the International Energy Business Conference, …
The English Commercial Court dismisses an award challenge based on exclusion of evidence in patent dispute
The English Commercial Court, in Cipla Limited v Salix Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [2023] EWHC 910 (Comm), has dismissed a challenge pursuant to s68(2)(a) of …
Application for security for costs and security for the Award refused by English Court in investment treaty award challenge
In its recent judgment in The Czech Republic vs Diag Human and ors [2023] the English court has refused Diag Human's application for security for costs …
English Commercial Court takes rare decision to refuse enforcement of arbitration award on public policy grounds in crypto case
The English Commercial Court has refused to enforce a foreign-seated arbitration award on the grounds that to do so would be contrary to public policy. …
Invalid service of Request for Arbitration not a failure of appointment procedure, says English court
In Global Aerospares Limited v Airest AS [2023] EWHC 1430 (Comm), the English Commercial Court dismissed a claim for directions under s18 of the …
The ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR has published guides on "Effective Conflict Management" and "Facilitating Settlement in International Arbitration"
This ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR (Commission) brings together global experts and practitioners in the field of arbitration and ADR, with …
Pleading Points in International Arbitration: Substance Over Form?
In a recent post on the Kluwer Arbitration blog, James Allsop, Chad Catterwell, Guillermo García-Perrote and Mariia Artemenko consider whether arbitral …
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