Arbitration Notes

English High Court sets aside permission to enforce fabricated arbitral award

In a recent decision in Contax Partners Inc BVI v Kuwait Finance House (KFH-Kuwait) & Ors [2024] EWHC 436 (Comm), the English Commercial Court (the …

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

AWARD ENFORCEMENT ORDERS FROM THE ENGLISH COURTS: DISPUTED FACTUAL ISSUES

FRENCH COURT OF APPEAL UPHOLDS AWARD THAT WAS DENIED ENFORCEMENT IN ENGLAND

COURT OF APPEAL REFUSES TO ENFORCE AN ARBITRATION AWARD AGAINST A NON-PARTY

English Court of Appeal refuses Micula Appeal against stay of ICSID Award but orders Romania to provide £150m Security

In Micula & Ors v Romania [2018] EWCA Civ 1801 the English Court of Appeal (the "Court") dismissed an appeal against the High Court's stay of …

English Court rejects Ukraine's attempt to set aside enforcement order on grounds of state immunity

The English Court (the "Court") has dismissed an application by Ukraine to set aside a court order permitting Russian investor, PAO Tatneft, to enforce …

English Commercial Court releases s68 and s69 statistics: the high hurdle remains

On 29 April 2018, the Judiciary of England and Wales published the Commercial Court Users' Group Meeting Report – March 2018. Contained within that …

English Court rejects claim that notice of arbitration given in a foreign language is not proper notice

In a dispute between an English company and a Russian company, the English High Court (the Court) refused to set aside an order enforcing a Russian …

US Court blocks enforcement of award due to effect of the terms of arbitration agreement

In Diag Human S.E. v Czech Republic Ministry of Health, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia (the Court) has dismissed an …

Paris court rejects application for review and withdrawal of arbitral enforcement order, despite allegations of fraud

The Paris Court of First Instance has rejected an application for the review and withdrawal of an enforcement order of an arbitral award, despite …

Article: Paris Court of Appeal upholds UNCITRAL award in Ukraine v OAO Tatneft

Laurence Franc-Menget has published an article in the Revue de l'arbitrage, the journal of the Comité Français de l'arbitrage, discussing  the Paris …