Arbitration Notes

ENGLISH COURT REFUSES TO STAY COURT PROCEEDINGS UNDER ARBITRATION ACT 1996 IN CASE INVOLVING COMPETING JURISDICTION AND ARBITRATION CLAUSES

HERBERT SMITH FREEHILLS SECURES MAJOR VICTORY FOR KINGDOM OF SPAIN IN INVESTOR-STATE ARBITRATION

COURT OF APPEAL UPHOLDS HIGH COURT DECISION THAT A DISCLOSED PRINCIPAL IS ENTITLED TO ENFORCE AN ARBITRATION AGREEMENT DESPITE BEING A NON-SIGNATORY

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

ENGLISH COURT DISMISSES APPEAL ON POINT OF LAW AGAINST PARTIAL FINAL AWARD

CRAIG TEVENDALE EXPLORES TRENDS IN LIQUIFIED NATURAL GAS DISPUTES

English Commercial Court refuses to grant interim injunctive relief requiring a party to withdraw a claim in another jurisdiction

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 …

European Commission issues procedural proposals for the Investment Court System envisaged under CETA

In October 2019, the European Commission (the "Commission") presented four proposals (the "Proposals") to the Council of the European Union (the …

NEW STOCKHOLM CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ARBITRATOR'S GUIDELINES AND SCC PLATFORM

In October 2019, the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce ("SCC") issued revised arbitrator's guidelines (the "Guidelines"). The …

UKRAINIAN ARBITRATION CLAIMS FOLLOWING EVENTS IN CRIMEA

INSIDE ARBITRATION: ISSUE #8 OF THE PUBLICATION FROM HERBERT SMITH FREEHILLS' GLOBAL ARBITRATION PRACTICE