Arbitration Notes

English High Court rejects Section 68 challenge to arbitral award on the grounds of "serious irregularity"

In the case of Republic of Kosovo v ContourGlobal Kosovo LLC [2024] EWHC 877 (Comm), the English High Court (the High Court) has rejected a challenge by …

English High Court confirms that a non-participating party may contest jurisdiction even though an arbitrator has been appointed

In National Investment Bank Ltd v Eland International (Thailand) Co. Ltd and another [2022] EWHC 1168 (Comm), the English High Court considered the …

English High Court sets aside award for failure to properly cross-examine a witness on a core issue and basing its decision on matters not properly argued by the parties

ENGLISH COURT UPHOLDS S68 CHALLENGE TO ARBITRAL AWARD AND CRITICISES TRIBUNAL FOR TWO-YEAR DELAY

An arbitral award was recently challenged in the English High Court (the Court) in K v P [2019] EWHC 589 (Comm). In a rare example of a successful …

ENGLISH HIGH COURT DISMISSES S68 CHALLENGE TO 'AMBIGUOUS' AWARD

ENGLISH COURT FINDS ONE ERROR OF LAW BUT DECLINES TO OVERTURN AWARD UNDER S69 ARBITRATION ACT 1996

ENGLISH HIGH COURT GRANTS INJUNCTION TO BLOCK JORDANIAN PROCEEDINGS SEEKING TO INVALIDATE AN ARBITRATION AGREEMENT

On 1 March 2019 the English court granted the claimant, ACT, a permanent anti-suit injunction against proceedings issued in  Jordan (the Jordanian …

Section 67 and 68 challenges to LCIA award dismissed

In the highly complex and contentious case of Filatona Trading Ltd and another v Navigator Equities Ltd and others [2019] EWHC 173 (Comm), the English …

English High Court orders indemnity costs in discontinued s.68 proceedings to challenge awards

In Koshigi Ltd and another company v Donna Union Foundation and another [2019] EWHC 122 (Comm) the English High Court considered an application for costs …

English High Court recognises arbitral tribunal's jurisdiction over settlement agreement in absence of express arbitration clause

In the recent decision of Sonact Group Limited v. Premuda SPA [2018] EWHC 3820 (Comm), the English High Court confirmed its pro-arbitration approach to …

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 …

English High Court refuses to set aside order for enforcement under s103 in long-running dispute regarding ICC award

The English High Court has refused an application under s.103 of the Arbitration Act 1996 ("AA 1996") to set-aside an order allowing for the enforcement …