Arbitration Notes

Upholding the Agreement to Arbitrate – a Singaporean perspective

DIFC Court provides further guidance on anti-suit injunctions in respect of "on-shore" Dubai Court Proceedings

Summary Nearly two years after the DIFC Court granted an anti-suit injunction in Multiplex Constructions LLC v Elemec Electromechanical Contracting LLC …

AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL COURT OF APPEAL ALLOWS PARTIES TO CONTRACT OUT OF MANDATORY JURISDICTION IMPOSED BY THE CARRIAGE OF GOODS BY SEA ACT 1991 (CTH)

In a recent decision, the Australian Federal Court of Appeal refused an anti-suit injunction which sought to prevent the commencement of arbitral …

English Court of Appeal reinstates the appointment of an arbitrator on the basis that he qualifies for appointment under the arbitration clause

In Allianz Insurance and Sirius International Insurance Corporation v Tonicstar Limited [2018] EWCA Civ 434, the English Court of Appeal has reversed the …

Terminating supply contracts

It has now been over a year since the Rana Plaza garment factory disaster in Dhaka, Bangladesh, which lead many businesses to initiate a careful audit of …

Sharing it with the class – a review of recent US Supreme Court decisions on class action arbitration

The US Supreme Court recently issued two key decisions regarding the enforceability of class arbitration waivers and arbitrators' powers to interpret …