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19 December 2022

No contract, no arbitration agreement? The separability principle explained

In DHL Project & Chartering Ltd v Gemini Ocean Shipping Co. Ltd [2022] EWCA 1555, the Court of Appeal considered whether an arbitration agreement was …

03 August 2022

CYPRIOT CASE OF NDK KO'D BY ENGLISH COMMERCIAL COURT: THE FIONA TRUST PRINCIPLE PREVAILS ONCE AGAIN

10 January 2022

HONG KONG COURT REFUSES TO TIGHTEN THE TEST AND STAYS WINDING-UP PETITION IN FAVOUR OF ARBITRATION

07 July 2021

ENGLISH COURT CONSIDERS APPLICATION FOR PART 20 CLAIMS POTENTIALLY SUBJECT TO ARBITRATION AND ISSUE ESTOPPEL

05 February 2021

ENGLISH HIGH COURT STAYS COURT PROCEEDINGS IN FAVOUR OF ARBITRATION AND INTERPRETS CONFLICTING DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROVISIONS

14 October 2020

ENGLISH HIGH COURT GRANTS AN ANTI-SUIT INJUNCTION IN FAVOUR OF ARBITRATION IN RESPECT OF PROCEEDINGS UNDER FOREIGN INSOLVENCY LEGISLATION

29 November 2018

Hong Kong Court grants injunction, holds tortious claim unaffected by arbitration agreement

In Castlemil Infant (HK) Supplies Co Ltd v Care N Love Development Ltd [2018] HKDC 1419, the Hong Kong District Court granted a mandatory injunction, …

12 July 2018

Absence of a bilateral or multilateral treaty for enforcement of judgments between UK and Lebanon leads to English Court issuing anti-suit injunction in favour of arbitration

In the case of Perkins Engines Company Limited v Mohammed Samih Hussein Ghaddar & Ghaddar Machinery Co. S.A.L [2018] EWHC 1500 (Comm) the English …

18 May 2018

English Court holds that arbitration clauses in individual sales contracts govern the disputes arising from corrupt arrangement to induce the contracts when an "umbrella agent agreement" is silent about dispute resolution

In a decision dated 24 April 2018, the English Commercial Court (the "Court") dismissed  challenges brought under s67 and s32 of the English …

07 December 2016

The English High Court extends an anti-suit injunction against proceedings brought in breach of an arbitration agreement

In the latest chapter of a long-running dispute (John Forster Emmott v Michael Wilson & Partners [2016] EWHC 3010 (Comm)), different aspects of which …

19 March 2015

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 …

31 January 2014

Commercial Court provides guidance on "serious irregularity" and confirms arbitral tribunal has jurisdiction to determine contractual rights and obligations in light of criminal conduct

In the recent decision of Interprods Ltd v De La Rue International Ltd [2014] EWHC 68 (Comm), the English Commercial Court dismissed the challenges under …