Arbitration Notes

HSF’S PAULA HODGES QC TO JOIN PANEL IN "ARBITRATION LAW AND PRACTICE IN NIGERIA" WEBINAR

DISPUTE RESOLUTION CHOICES FOR BANKS AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS: MAXIMISING THE CHANCES OF SUCCESSFUL ENFORCEMENT – WEBINAR RECORDING NOW AVAILABLE

ETHIOPIA ACCEDES TO 1958 NEW YORK CONVENTION

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

PRO-ENFORCEMENT STANCE OF ENGLISH COURTS IS PUT TO TEST IN S103(5) APPLICATION FOR ADJOURNMENT OF ENFORCEMENT

Sudan becomes 159th contracting state to the New York Convention

Sudan has become the 159th Contracting State to the 1958 New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards. On 26 March …

New York Convention 1958 to enter force in Angola on 4 June 2017

Angola has become the 157th Contracting State to the New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards. On 6 March 2017, …

UK Supreme Court rules that no security may be ordered when challenging enforcement of arbitration awards

The UK Supreme Court has overturned a Court of Appeal decision requiring Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation ("NNPC") to provide US$ 100m in security …

Angola becomes 157th Contracting State to the New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards

Angola has ratified the New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards.  Its ratification was endorsed …

New York Convention enters force in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Today, 3 February 2015, the Democratic Republic of the Congo became a Contracting State to the New Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of …

Burundi becomes 150th state party to the New York Convention

Burundi, a state in East Africa, has become the 150th state party to the New York Convention 1958 (the Convention). Burundi made a "commerciality …

Tanzanian Courts Injunct ICSID Proceedings

On 23 April 2014, the Tanzanian High Court ordered both parties in on-going ICSID arbitration proceedings, Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited …