Arbitration Notes

HKIAC BECOMES FIRST FOREIGN INSTITUTION ACCREDITED TO HEAR RUSSIAN CORPORATE DISPUTES

On 4 April 2019, the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC) received approval to be recognised as a "permanent arbitration institution" in …

ENGLISH COMMERCIAL COURT GRANTS PERMISSION TO THE CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF ARBITRATORS TO OBTAIN COPIES OF DOCUMENTS ON THE COURT'S RECORDS FOR DISCLIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS AGAINST AN ARBITRATOR

In The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators v B, C, D [2019] EWHC 460 (Comm), the Commercial Court granted an application made by the Chartered Institute …

FIVE AT HERBERT SMITH FREEHILLS RANKED IN INAUGURAL TOP 200 UK INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION POWERLIST

HERBERT SMITH FREEHILLS' GLOBAL ARBITRATION PRACTICE RANKED FOURTH IN THE WORLD

ENFORCING FOREIGN ARBITRAL AWARDS IN RUSSIA: SURVEY FROM THE RUSSIAN ARBITRATION ASSOCIATION

Hong Kong - Mainland interim relief arrangement: full text and more detail

  Following Tuesday's announcement of the Arrangement Concerning Mutual Assistance in Court-ordered Interim Measures in Aid of Arbitral Proceedings …

INDIAN SUPREME COURT RULES THAT PRE-DEPOSIT REQUIREMENT IN AN ARBITRATION AGREEMENT IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL

BEIJING COURT REJECTS APPLICATION TO SET ASIDE TRIBUNAL'S INSTRUMENT RECORDING MEDIATED SETTLEMENT TERMS, CITING LACK OF LEGAL BASIS

In Li Lian Dong and Others v Shen Yi (2018) Jing 04 Min Te 541, a first instance decision made earlier this year, the Beijing 4th Intermediate People’s …

Breaking: Mainland Chinese courts can order interim relief for HK arbitrations

The Hong Kong SAR Government and China's Supreme People's Court today signed a mutual assistance pact on interim relief in support of arbitration. For …

AUSTRALIA AND INDONESIA SIGN COMPREHENSIVE ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT

On 4 March 2019, Australia and Indonesia signed the Australia-Indonesia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement ("CEPA"). In this post, we briefly …

AUSTRALIA AND HONG KONG SIGN NEW TRADE AGREEMENT CONTAINING INVESTOR-STATE DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROVISIONS

ENGLISH HIGH COURT GRANTS INJUNCTION TO BLOCK JORDANIAN PROCEEDINGS SEEKING TO INVALIDATE AN ARBITRATION AGREEMENT

On 1 March 2019 the English court granted the claimant, ACT, a permanent anti-suit injunction against proceedings issued in  Jordan (the Jordanian …