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ARBITRATION AND INSOLVENCY: AUSTRALIAN COURT DETERMINES WHEN ARBITRATION COSTS ORDERS CAN BE RECOVERABLE AGAINST A COMPANY IN ADMINISTRATION
The Federal Court of Australia recently determined an application brought by the administrators of a company in voluntary administration seeking judicial …
GERMAN FEDERAL COURT OF JUSTICE RULES ON APPLICATIONS TO DECLARE TWO PENDING INTRA-EU ICSID ARBITRATIONS INADMISSIBLE
In a recent post on our Public International Law Notes blog, Dr. Patricia Nacimiento, Dr. Bajar Scharaw, Dr. Alessandro Covi and Dr. Lara Panosch …
HSF SUCCESSFULLY DEFENDS CHALLENGE TO ARBITRATION AWARD IN ENGLISH HIGH COURT
Craig Tevendale, Susan Field and Jerome Temme have successfully acted for EGK in defending a s.68 challenge under the English Arbitration Act 1996. We …
Paula Hodges KC will speak at the AIEN/LCIA Conference on Dispute Resolution in the International Energy Business
Herbert Smith Freehills is a proud sponsor of the upcoming Dispute Resolution in the International Energy Business Conference, …
SINGAPORE COURT HOLDS THAT USDT IS PROPERTY CAPABLE OF BEING HELD ON TRUST
In a pioneering decision in the common law, the Singapore High Court has held that Tether (a type of cryptocurrency known as fiat-backed stablecoin, …
The English Commercial Court dismisses an award challenge based on exclusion of evidence in patent dispute
The English Commercial Court, in Cipla Limited v Salix Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [2023] EWHC 910 (Comm), has dismissed a challenge pursuant to s68(2)(a) of …
Application for security for costs and security for the Award refused by English Court in investment treaty award challenge
In its recent judgment in The Czech Republic vs Diag Human and ors [2023] the English court has refused Diag Human's application for security for costs …
Third party funding for English-seated arbitration: do the English DBA regulations apply?
The English Supreme Court has confirmed in Paccar Inc v Road Haulage Association Ltd [2023] UKSC 28 that litigation funding arrangements based on a share …
English Commercial Court takes rare decision to refuse enforcement of arbitration award on public policy grounds in crypto case
The English Commercial Court has refused to enforce a foreign-seated arbitration award on the grounds that to do so would be contrary to public policy. …
Invalid service of Request for Arbitration not a failure of appointment procedure, says English court
In Global Aerospares Limited v Airest AS [2023] EWHC 1430 (Comm), the English Commercial Court dismissed a claim for directions under s18 of the …
ARBITRAL DELIBERATIONS STAY SECRET DESPITE ALLEGATIONS TANTAMOUNT TO TRIBUNAL DISHONESTY
The Singapore International Commercial Court has refused to order disclosure of the deliberations of a three-member tribunal in a Singapore-seated ICC …
SINGAPORE WINDING UP PROCEEDINGS DISMISSED WITH COSTS BECAUSE APPLICANT SHOULD HAVE ARBITRATED FIRST
The Singapore High Court has dismissed a winding-up application by a prospective creditor where the basis of the alleged outstanding debt was subject to …
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