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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 …
CYPRIOT CASE OF NDK KO'D BY ENGLISH COMMERCIAL COURT: THE FIONA TRUST PRINCIPLE PREVAILS ONCE AGAIN
Inconsistent dispute resolution clauses – exploring the limits of the Fiona Trust presumption
HONG KONG COURT SET ASIDE AN AWARD WHICH EXCEEDED THE SCOPE OF SUBMISSION TO ARBITRATION
English Court sets aside award on the ground that the arbitral tribunal lacked substantive jurisdiction
In DHL Project & Chartering Ltd v Gemini Ocean Shipping Co., Ltd [2022] EWHC 181 (Comm), the Commercial Court has set aside an arbitral award under …
The French Supreme Court employs the principle of procedural loyalty to prevent a jurisdictional challenge
In Tagli'apau v Amrest Holdings and al. (Cass. Civ. 1ère, 9 February 2022, No. 21-11253), the French Supreme Court reversed the decision of the lower …
FURTHER HONG KONG JUDGMENT CONFIRMS THAT AN ARBITRAL TRIBUNAL IS "THE MASTER OF ITS OWN PROCEDURAL RULES" AND COMPLIANCE WITH PRE-ARBITRATION CONDITIONS SHOULD NOT BE REVIEWED BY THE COURTS
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