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Arbitration

Serious irregularity standard in arbitration

In Cipla Limited v Salix Pharmaceuticals Inc [2023] EWHC 910, the English High Court has confirmed a high threshold exists for successful challenges to...
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Arbitration

Leave for second appeal declined in lease dispute arbitration

In The Gama Foundation v Fletcher Steel Limited [2023] NZCA 243, the Court of Appeal reiterated the strict New Zealand tests set out in...
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Arbitration

Court orders parties back to arbitration

The recent case of Sesderma, S.L. v Seeky International Limited and Golong Co. Ltd [2023] HKCFI 1619, heard in the Hong...
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Arbitration

Federal Court of Australia Enforces Foreign Arbitral Award of $40 Million

In Guoao Holding Group Co Ltd v Xue (No 2) [2022] FCA 1584, the Federal Court of Australia granted enforcement in...
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Arbitration

Arbitrator’s exercise of phantom jurisdiction

In CMB v Fund, Cattle and Management [2023] HKCFI 760, the Hong Kong Court of First Instance ruled that a pre-emptive...
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Arbitration

An Orthodox operation of religious arbitration

In Tayar v Feldman [2022] FCA 1432, the Federal Court of Australia considered the enforcement of an arbitral award at the...
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Arbitration

Marco Polo’s arbitration odyssey: When can the courts play the guessing game?

Two similar cases. Two different jurisdictions. Two different outcomes. How did two courts in Hong Kong and Singapore reach such opposing conclusions on whether...
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General

Supreme Court of New South Wales finds force majeure clause offered no protection for loss and damage to goods in transit

In Woolworths Group Ltd v Twentieth Super Pace Nominees Pty Ltd [2021] NSWSC 344, the Supreme Court of New South Wales applied a narrow...
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Arbitration

Is a party required to accept non-contractual performance during a force majeure event?

The English Court of Appeal made waves in the last part of 2022 with its decision in MUR Shipping BV v...
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General

Where do directors’ duties lie once insolvency looms?

Hong Kong Court refuses to set aside arbitral award over claim lawyer couldn’t read witness’ body language in virtual hearing.

In BTI 2014 LLC...
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Arbitration

Gas dispute to be aired in arbitration

Hong Kong Court refuses to set aside arbitral award over claim lawyer couldn’t read witness’ body language in virtual hearing The Supreme Court of...
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Arbitration

The importance of certainty in international arbitration agreements

The UK Supreme Court has once again looked at how to determine the law that applies to an international arbitration agreement in the case...

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