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30 May 2023

HONG KONG COURT GRANTS ANTI-ARBITRATION INJUNCTION TO PROTECT ENFORCEMENT OF PRIOR AWARD

The Hong Kong Court of First Instance ("CFI") has taken the rare step of granting an anti-arbitration injunction to restrain claims which sought to …

25 June 2020

ENGLISH COURT GRANTS ANTI-SUIT INJUNCTION TO RESTRAIN BRAZILIAN PROCEEDINGS PURSUED IN BREACH OF UNDERTAKING TO ARBITRATE

20 March 2020

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

24 January 2020

PRIVY COUNCIL DISMISSES CHALLENGE TO MAURITIAN ARBITRAL AWARD BASED ON ALLEGED BREACHES OF NATURAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC POLICY

10 June 2019

ENGLISH COURT ALLOWS SECTION 69 APPEAL ON POINT OF LAW AGAINST AWARD ISSUED BY JUDGE-ARBITRATOR

In the recent decision of Equitas Insurance Limited v Municipal Mutual Insurance Limited [2019] EWCA Civ 718 (available here), the Court of Appeal …

08 May 2019

APPLICATION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO BRING SECTION 67 CHALLENGE WHICH WAS 959 DAYS LATE REFUSED BY ENGLISH COURT

11 December 2018

English Court upholds on paper dismissal of serious irregularity challenge with no prospects of success

The English High Court's decision in Asset Management Corporation Of Nigeria v Qatar National Bank [2018] EWHC 2218 (Comm), handed down in July 2018 but …

18 May 2018

English High Court refuses to set aside award made without awaiting outcome of relevant domestic court proceedings

In its recent decision in SCM Financial Overseas Ltd v Raga Establishment Ltd [2018] EWHC 1008 (Comm) (available here), the English High Court ("Court") …

07 October 2016

English High Court has no power to grant urgent relief under Arbitration Act where urgent relief could be granted by expedited tribunal or emergency arbitrator under LCIA Rules

In the recent case of Gerald Metals SA v Timis [2016] EWHC 2327 (Ch), the English High Court considered its power to grant urgent relief under s 44(3) of …