Arbitration Notes

LAW SOCIETY PUBLISHES REPORT ON GLOBAL POSITION OF ENGLISH AND WELSH LAW

The Law Society of England and Wales has recently launched a new initiative to highlight the attractions of English law and of England and Wales as a …

ENGLISH HIGH COURT FINDS THAT ASSIGNMENT OF ARBITRATION CLAUSE BY OPERATION OF LAW PROHIBITED BY ANTI-ASSIGNMENT CLAUSE

The English High Court has concluded that an anti-assignment clause can prevent the assignment of an arbitration clause to an insurer pursuing …

UK Supreme Court judgment in Halliburton v Chubb clarifies English law on arbitrator apparent bias

English High Court rejects application to remove the arbitrator named in the arbitration agreement on the grounds of apparent bias

Will Halliburton be the final word on apparent bias?

ENGLISH COURT OF APPEAL CONSIDERS DISCLOSURE OF ARBITRAL APPOINTMENTS IN RELATED OR OVERLAPPING REFERENCES

In Halliburton Company v Chubb Bermuda Insurance Ltd [2018] EWCA Civ 817, the English Court of Appeal was asked to consider: whether it is possible for …

English High Court orders disclosure of arbitration documents by agent to principal

In its recent judgment AMEC Foster Wheeler Group Limited v Morgan Sindall Professional Services Limited & Ors [2015] EWHC 2012 (TCC) (available …

Fiona Trust v Privalov in the High Court

The Fiona Trust case is one of the best known decisions in English arbitration case law, setting out a "fresh start" in English jurisprudence with the …

English Court's reminder that (i) courts will allow the arbitral process to correct itself without intervention where possible and (ii) a party seeking to set aside an Award must do so on the correct basis and in good time

In a recent judgment handed down by Eder J in the case of Union Marine Classification Services LLC v Government of the Union of Comoros, the English …

Lorand Shipping v Davof Trading (Africa) B.V. (MV "Ocean Glory"): when a "creative solution" on the part of the tribunal becomes a serious irregularity leading to substantial injustice

In a rare example of a successful application under section 68 of the English Arbitration Act 1996 (the "Act"), the English Commercial Court has granted …

A breakthrough for Financial Services Arbitration?

Nicholas Peacock, Dominic Kennelly and Emily Blanshard consider the arbitral award and judgment of the English High Court in Travis Coal Restructured …

English Court finds that it is "just and convenient" to grant a worldwide freezing order in support of London-seated arbitration even where all assets are outside England

In a further decision in the case of U & M Mining Zambia Ltd v Konkola Copper Mines PLC [2014] All ER (D) 136 (Oct), the English Commercial Court …