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Arbitration

The State immunity siesta: Australia’s top court renews Spain’s understanding of ICSID

In a recent decision, the High Court of Australia has ruled that an ICSID arbitration award between the Kingdom of Spain and a company...
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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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Arbitration

Subject matter arbitrability: Singaporean seat

In Anupam Mittal v Westbridge Ventures II Investment Holdings [2023] SGCA 1, the Singaporean Court of Appeal settled on a new composite approach to...
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Arbitration

The nuts and bolts of appealing an arbitral award when you need the court’s leave

What is involved when you want to appeal an arbitral award but need leave from the High Court to get a foot in the...
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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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Arbitration

Husky Food Importers & Distributors Ltd v JH Whittaker & Sons Ltd [2022] ONSC 1679

New Zealand confectionary and chocolate manufacturer, JH Whittaker & Sons Ltd (Whittaker’s), has brought a successful motion to stay litigation commenced against it by...
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Arbitration

All dressed up but nowhere to go: Recognition but no enforcement of ICSID awards

Foreign arbitral awards can be recognised and enforced in other countries by virtue of the provisions of the New York Convention. This is typically...
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Arbitration

Sign of the times: enforcing an arbitration agreement exchanged by electronic counterparts

In the electronic era, documents often do not exist in physical form. Does this affect their enforceability? Recent decisions from Australia and New Zealand...
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Arbitration, Mediation

Court thwarts bad faith attempt to lift veil of confidentiality of international arbitration award

The confidentiality of arbitral proceedings is important. It is protected by statute and model law. In EBJ21 v EBO21,[1] the Federal Court...
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General

New Zealand still rated as global leader for public sector transparency, honesty and integrity

Transparency International has just released the 2021 Corruption Perception Index (CPI). New Zealand has retained its joint number one ranking along with Denmark, as...
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Arbitration

English High Court confirms that parties are not permitted to raise a counterclaim at enforcement stage of a New York Convention award

In Selevision Saudi Co v BeIN Media Group LLC [2021] EWHC 2802 (Comm), the High Court in England and Wales held that it had...
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Arbitration

What are the cost implications of challenging an arbitral award through the courts?

A recent decision of the Singapore High Court shone a spotlight on indemnity costs and when they will, and won’t, be granted following the...

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