From the Editor  

Feature article 

ADR for Misaligned Software Projects, by Gerard Doolin 

ReSolution in Brief  

• Falling outside the scope: New Zealand High Court determines arbitrator lacked jurisdiction.  

• New Zealand Court of Appeal rejects one-stop shop argument in Ministry of Primary Industries biosecurity dispute.  

• Water, water everywhere, but no mistakes: English High Court finds no serious irregularity in arbitral award.  

• Hong Kong Court of First Instance finds tribunal did not allow prejudice to impact party in share purchase agreement dispute.  

Case in Brief  

• United Kingdom Supreme Court rejects state immunity defence, denying Spain and Zimbabwe’s application to set aside arbitral awards.  

Other articles:  

• Leadership and Dispute Resolution: Silence is not alignment 

• Court presumes parties intended their disputes to be resolved in one-stop adjudication 

• Redefining “reasonableness” in cross-lease alterations: Liow v Martelli [2026] NZCA 101 

• A clause that works only on paper: Designing cross-border dispute pathways that SMEs can actually use 

• Security that sticks: Singapore’s Pro-Arbitration Approach to Enforcing an Award Against an Arrested Ship 

• They have a hopeless case, so why won’t they settle? 

• The Finality of a Rabbinical Arbitral Award 

• Cross-Border Enforcement: High Court Reaffirms Finality of Mainland Judgments Notwithstanding “Trial Supervision” System 

• The long arm of the (English) law