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Drive for Efficiency and the Risks for Procedural Neutrality – Another Tale of the Hare and the Tortoise?
Paula Hodges, co-head of Herbert Smith Freehills’ Global Arbitration Practice, has published an article in the October issue of Dispute Resolution …
Brussels Regulation reform: a further step towards protecting the arbitration exception
On 20 November 2012 the European Parliament voted in favour of the Legal Affairs' Committee amendments to the European Commission's proposal to reform …
Recent arbitration developments in the Middle East
There have been three recent developments in the sphere of arbitration in the GCC. The first two relate to the validity of arbitration agreements as …
Unilateral jurisdiction clauses may not always be effective
It is not uncommon, particularly in a finance context, for an agreement to give a wider choice to some parties than others to decide where disputes will …
The Law of State Responsibility: University's conduct not attributable to Ukraine
In an Award on jurisdiction and liability published on 25 October 2012, an ICSID Tribunal dismissed the claims brought by US investors Bosh …
Singapore High Court examines its approach towards interim orders in arbitral proceedings
The Singapore High Court (the “Court”) has refused to set aside an interim anti-suit injunction ordered by an arbitral tribunal (the “Tribunal”) in the …
Turville v Chartis and the "arbitration clause" that wasn't…"
A clause providing for loss to be assessed under an insurance policy by way of a so-called "arbitration" procedure was held to be non-compliant with the …
UN Annual Forum on Business and Human Rights
The first annual UN Forum on Business and Human Rights will be held in Geneva on 4-5 December 2012. The UN Forum will bring together governments, …
Supreme Court of India delivers landmark arbitration decision in Bharat Aluminium, overruling Bhatia International
As reported in our blog posting on 6 September 2012, the controversial decision of the Indian Supreme Court in Bhatia International v Bulk Trading SA [1] …
Herbert Smith Freehills hosts the launch of China Young Arbitration Group in Beijing
Herbert Smith Freehills hosted the launch event for China's first young arbitration practitioners' association - the China Young Arbitration Group. …
Arbitration agreements set to be protected by the pending Brussels Regulation reform
On 11 October, the European Parliament's Legal Affairs Committee approved its report on reform of the Regulation on Jurisdiction and the Recognition and …
NML Capital and Argentina: Ghanaian court rejects Argentina's sovereign immunity challenge and NML Capital targets second vessel in South Africa
On 25 October, News agencies reported that a second Argentine navy vessel has been targeted by NML Capital, this time in South Africa. This followed the …
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