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When silence is golden: the High Court confirms the primacy of the "Dallah principle" and allows a party who has taken no part in arbitral proceedings to be given a full opportunity to challenge the tribunal's jurisdiction at the enforcement of award stage
In The London Steam Ship Owners Mutual Insurance Association Ltd v. the Kingdom of Spain [2013] EWHC 2840 (Comm), the High Court concluded that the …
Scotland Launches International Centre for Energy Arbitration
On 2 October 2013, the First Minister of Scotland, Alex Salmond, launched the International Centre for Energy Arbitration (ICEA). The ICEA is a joint …
Herbert Smith Freehills contributes to Transnational Dispute Management's (TDM) 10th Aniversary Issue
September saw the release of TDM Journal's special aniversary issue: Ten Years of TDM. The TDM Journal is a comprehensive and innovative …
The future of financial services arbitration
Recent years have seen rapid growth in the use of arbitration as a means of resolving disputes in the financial services sector, an area where English or …
Dispute Resolution in Africa - The Philosophy of Risk
Herbert Smith Freehills Partners Stéphane Brabant, John Ogilvie and Paula Hodges have published an article in the October issue of PLC Magazine entitled …
Upcoming webinar: Structuring investment and maximising treaty protection
Tuesday 22 October 2013, 1-2pm UK time. Investors are increasingly alive to the investment protections offered by bilateral and multilateral investment …
Arbitration in Dubai and the UAE
As Middle Eastern companies and investment funds become more active in the global marketplace, international firms are increasingly investing in the …
CYAG event: "dos and don'ts" for arbitration counsel
On 13 September 2013, the China Young Arbitration Group, together with the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators' East Asia Chapter, organised a …
South Korean Courts Twice Refuse to Enforce International Arbitral Awards
In our two previous blogs¹ on South Korea we commented on the opening of the Seoul International Dispute Resolution Centre and noted that this, together …
Don't count your chickens: tribunal refuses jurisdiction in final stages of UNCITRAL arbitration
In Ruby Roz Agricol and Kaseem Omar v Kazakhstan, UNCITRAL (Award on Jurisdiction) (1 August 2013), Ruby Roz Agricol LLP (Ruby Roz), a Kazakh company in …
US District Court confirms arbitral award against Pemex that was nullified at its seat
The US District Court for the Southern District of New York has confirmed an arbitral award in favour of COMMISA, a subsidiary of KBR, against Pemex, …
ISDA releases Arbitration Guide
On 9 September 2013, the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) published its long-awaited Arbitration Guide. The Guide comprises an …
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