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HSF’S PAULA HODGES QC TO JOIN PANEL IN "ARBITRATION LAW AND PRACTICE IN NIGERIA" WEBINAR
MALAWI BECOMES 167TH CONTRACTING STATE TO THE NEW YORK CONVENTION
ETHIOPIA ACCEDES TO 1958 NEW YORK CONVENTION
Inside Arbitration: Issue #6 of the publication from Herbert Smith Freehills’ Global Arbitration Practice
We are delighted to share with you the latest issue of the publication from the Herbert Smith Freehills Global Arbitration Practice, Inside Arbitration. …
Sudan becomes 159th contracting state to the New York Convention
Sudan has become the 159th Contracting State to the 1958 New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards. On 26 March …
New York Convention 1958 to enter force in Angola on 4 June 2017
Angola has become the 157th Contracting State to the New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards. On 6 March 2017, …
UK Supreme Court rules that no security may be ordered when challenging enforcement of arbitration awards
The UK Supreme Court has overturned a Court of Appeal decision requiring Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation ("NNPC") to provide US$ 100m in security …
Angola becomes 157th Contracting State to the New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards
Angola has ratified the New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards. Its ratification was endorsed …
New York Convention enters force in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Today, 3 February 2015, the Democratic Republic of the Congo became a Contracting State to the New Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of …
Burundi becomes 150th state party to the New York Convention
Burundi, a state in East Africa, has become the 150th state party to the New York Convention 1958 (the Convention). Burundi made a "commerciality …
Tanzanian Courts Injunct ICSID Proceedings
On 23 April 2014, the Tanzanian High Court ordered both parties in on-going ICSID arbitration proceedings, Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited …
Arbitration in Africa: Recent developments
The Court of Appeal of the Lagos Judicial Division recently issued a pro-arbitration decision holding that courts may only intervene in arbitral …
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