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Paris Court of Appeal enforces award under ICSID Additional Facility Rules between Gold Reserve and Venezuela
Abstract: In République Bolivarienne du Venezuela c/ Société Gold Reserve INC, Cour d'appel de Paris, Pôle 1 – Chambre 1, RG N° 14/21103, a judge sitting …
Astro and Lippo – the Hong Kong leg: important lessons and potential risks for award-debtors
First Media, part of the Lippo Group and the unsuccessful defendant in a Singapore-seated arbitration, has failed to resist enforcement in Hong Kong of …
Herbert Smith Freehills ranked as the 8th busiest arbitration practice in the world by Global Arbitration Review
We are delighted to announce that Herbert Smith Freehills’ International Arbitration practice has been ranked as the 8th busiest practices in the world …
English court removes arbitrator based on justifiable doubts as to his impartiality
In its recent judgment in Sierra Fishing Company and others v Hasan Said Farran and others [2015] EWHC 140 (Comm), the English Court granted an …
The European Parliament's study on arbitration legal instruments and practice in the EU and Switzerland: a step towards a uniform European regime on arbitration?
Two weeks ago the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens' Rights and Constitutional Affairs published a broad study on the legal …
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 …
The recast Brussels Regulation: Implications for commercial parties - PLC Magazine article
The recast Brussels Regulation has introduced significant changes to the EU rules on jurisdiction and the enforcement of judgments for proceedings …
Forthcoming Chatham House and Herbert Smith Freehills Symposium: "TTIP: shaping the future for investor-state dispute settlement" – 4 March 2015
The proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the EU and the US, two of the world's largest economies, is intended to remove …
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 …
Herbert Smith Freehills publishes client research on the use of mediation in Hong Kong
Our Hong Kong dispute resolution team has published a new guide “ADR in Asia: Spotlight on mediation in Hong Kong” following a survey of around 100 …
Herbert Smith Freehills cements its position as the leading international arbitration practice in Asia Pacific
Herbert Smith Freehills is pleased to announce that the firm has once again been ranked as the only firm in Band One for International Arbitration across …
Supreme People's Court promulgates comprehensive judicial interpretation on PRC Civil Procedure Law
On 30 January 2015, the PRC Supreme People's Court (SPC) promulgated its Judicial Interpretation of the Civil Procedure Law (the Interpretation)[1] which …
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