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.
During the next few months, the International Arbitration Bill, 2016 will be presented to the South African National Assembly.
The Bill, once enacted, is set to place South Africa on the main international arbitration stage by aligning the administration of…
In October 2015 India’s arbitration law underwent major changes with the enactment of the Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Act 2015 (“Amendment Act”). One of the most controversial provisions in the Amendment Act was the introduction of a 12 month time…
A Macanese investor, Sanum Investments Ltd (“Sanum”), has successfully appealed a Singapore High Court decision on a tribunal’s jurisdiction to determine Sanum’s claims under the bilateral investment treaty (“BIT”) between the People’s Republic of China (“China”) and the Lao People’s…
Gerald Metals SA V The Trustees of the Timis Trust & others [2016] EWHC 2327
Summary
In an important recent decision on the intersection between emergency arbitrator provisions and applications to court for interim relief, the English High Court held…
On 8 September 2016, the President of Romania agreed to submit to the Romanian Parliament draft legislation approving termination of 22 bilateral investment treaties that Romania concluded with other EU Member States (“intra-EU BITs”). The draft legislation had been initiated on 10 August…
In Wicor Holding A.G. v. Taizhou Haopu Investments Limited (Civil Action (2015) Tai Zhong Shang Zhong Shen Zi No. 00004), the Taizhou Intermediate People’s Court refused to enforce an ICC award on the ground of public policy.
Facts
Taizhou Haopu…
In Dana Shipping and Trading SA v Sino Channel Asia Ltd (HCCT47/2015), the Honourable Madam Justice Mimmie Chan of the Hong Kong Court of First Instance (“CFI”), in the latest decision in this case, declined enforcement of an arbitral award…
In L v B (HCCT41/2015), the Honourable Madam Justice Mimmie Chan of the Hong Kong Court of First Instance (“CFI”) adjourned enforcement of an arbitral award for four months on the condition that a substantial security of HK$41.6 million including…
In Sonera Holding B.V. v. Cukurova Holding A.S. BVIHCMAP2015/0005, the Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal (“CA”) granted an injunction restraining Cukurova Holding A.S. (“CH”), the respondent, from pursuing arbitral proceedings which could have undermined the enforcement of an earlier arbitral…
In a recent decision in JVL Agro Industries v Agritrade International Pte Ltd [2016] SGHC 126, the Singapore High Court has set aside an arbitral award for the Tribunal’s failure to grant the plaintiff a fair hearing. The defendant is…
