ARBlog, published by Hogan Lovells, focuses on international arbitration and dispute resolution. It covers topics such as arbitration procedures, arbitrator duties and impartiality, dispute avoidance mechanisms including mediation and dispute boards, and innovations in arbitration practice like digitalization and remote hearings. The blog discusses legal developments and case law relevant to arbitration, including issues of arbitrator disclosure and bias, efficiency in construction arbitration, and management of arbitration proceedings. It also addresses arbitration in specific sectors such as insurance and construction, providing insights into procedural and substantive arbitration challenges.
On 11 January 2016, the Singapore Academy of Law’s International Promotion of Singapore Law Committee (“SAL’s IPSL Committee”) released the results of an independent study on governing law and jurisdictional choices in cross-border transactions.
The participants
500 legal practitioners and…
On December 28, 2015, the Government of India released the text for its revised model Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT). In this release, the Government of India also announced that the Department of Economic Affairs will be leading all negotiations on…
It has been reported that the Hanoi People’s Court, upon application by a foreign party, recently recognised a foreign arbitral award for enforcement in Vietnam, pursuant to the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards of 1958. …
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The Common Court of Justice and Arbitration (CCJA), the Supreme Court of the OHADA international organization consisting of 17 African State members, has recently published three decisions relating to annulment proceedings.
One is of particular interest as it clarified…
In Tomolugen Holdings Ltd and another v Silica Investors Ltd and other appeals [2015] SGCA 57, the Singapore Court of Appeal gave a definitive ruling on the standard of review for stays of court proceedings in favour of arbitration, holding…
The 2005 Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements (the “Convention”) entered into force on 1 October 2015. It is now binding for Mexico and, with the exception of Denmark, all other 27 EU members.
Nature and Application
The Convention…
In Sim Chay Koon and others v NTUC Income Insurance Co-operative Limited [2015] SCGA 46, the Singapore Court of Appeal considered the proper relationship between the courts and arbitration, and the circumstances in which a court should ignore the existence…
Paris launch of new rules
On 28 September 2015 in Paris, the ICC held a global launch event for the revised ICC Dispute Board Rules. The event was well attended, with speakers discussing the practice and salient features of the…
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The Common Court of Justice and Arbitration (CCJA), the supreme court of the OHADA international organization consisting of 17 African State members, has recently published a range of recent decisions. In one decision, the CCJA demonstrates its support for…
In Malini Ventura v Knight Capital Pte Ltd [2015] SGHC 225, the Singapore High Court dismissed an application for an interim injunction staying SIAC arbitration proceedings. The application had been made on the basis that the plaintiff’s signature in an…
