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.
Starting an arbitration proceeding
What is needed to commence arbitration?
Unless otherwise agreed by the parties, proceedings are considered to have commenced on the date that the respondent receives the claimant’s request that the dispute be referred to arbitration (Article…
In Bouvier v Accent Delight International [2015] SGCA 45, the Singapore Court of Appeal set aside Mareva injunctions (otherwise known as freezing injunctions) over the assets of Swiss art dealer Mr. Yves Charles Edgar Bouvier. The Court held that, to…
Bahrain has recently passed Law No. 9/2015 promulgating a standalone arbitration law (the “Law”), which significantly changes its arbitration regime. The Law is applicable to locally seated arbitrations, or if the parties agree foreign seated ones as well.
The main…
On 8 July 2015, the European Parliament voted favorably on a non-binding resolution that approves of the negotiation of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), an international trade and investment agreement between the United States and the European Union.…
The LCIA has issued three guidance notes on arbitrations under its rules. The notes, which are available on the LCIA website, contain guidance for arbitrators, guidance for parties and their representatives, and guidance on emergency procedures, respectively.
The guidance…
Last March, the chambers of commerce and bar associations of Ibero-America, represented by the Ibero-American Union of Bar Associations launched the Ibero-American Arbitration Center (“Center” or “IAAC”). The IAAC was created in an effort to offer an arbitration forum that…
The Importance of Service
The enforcement of arbitral awards in Hong Kong may be refused on the grounds of improper service of notices regarding the arbitration, even though such service is deemed valid under the arbitration rules of the arbitration…
In PT Perusahaan Gas Negara (Persero) TBK v CRW Joint Operation [2015] SGCA 30, the Singapore Court of Appeal held that parties under a contract containing the Red Book’s dispute resolution provision (clause 20.4) must comply with any decision by…
In a decision dated 28 January 2015 but only recently published, the Superior Court of Justice of Madrid (Madrid Court) set aside an arbitral award. The award dismissed a claim to declare two swap contracts null and void. The judgment…
On 8 May 2015, Markus Burgstaller of Hogan Lovells presented the findings of the recent report on foreign direct investment and the rule of law (the “Report”) to the twenty-fourth Investment Treaty Forum Public Conference in London.
The Report was…
