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English High Court orders payment of $100m arbitral peremptory order, denying KRG claim to immunity
In its recent judgment of 20 November 2015, the High Court of England and Wales (the "Court") enforced a US$100m peremptory order made in arbitral …
English court adjourns enforcement of ECT award whilst annulment proceedings are pending in Sweden
The potential to enforce an award which is being challenged, or has been annulled, in the courts of the seat is a question which often interests users of …
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 …
English High Court considers the proper construction of an arbitration clause to determine whether the ICC has jurisdiction to arbitrate the dispute
In Hashwani v OMV Maurice Energy Ltd [2015] EWHC 1811 (Comm), the English High Court (the Court) dismissed an application by reference to section 72 of …
Finality of partial awards: English court finds that applicant loses the right to object to jurisdiction by failing to challenge a partial award
In Emirates Trading Agency LLC v Sociedade de Fomento Industrial Private Limited [2015] EWHC 1452 (Comm), the English High Court (the Court) dismissed an …
The English High Court finds that arbitration clause "trumps" insolvency rules
The case of Philpott & Orton v Lycee Francais Charles De Gaulle School serves as a welcome reminder that the English court will strictly enforce …
Staying enforcement of awards: the English Commercial Court offers practical guidance for both sides
In a recent decision Y and S [2015] EWHC 612, the English Commercial Court considered the circumstances in which the Court would (i) make an order …
Remission or Set Aside for an arbitral award where a challenge for serious irregularity is made out before the English courts?
In the case of The Secretary of State for the Home Department and Raytheon Systems Limited [2015] EWHC 311 (TCC) and [2014] EWHC 4375 (TCC), the English …
English court sets aside London-seated tribunal's award where arbitration was "to be held in Hong Kong"
The English Commercial Court has set aside an award under section 67 of the Arbitration Act 1996 (the "English Act"), and declared that the tribunal was …
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