In a recent decision refusing permission to appeal on a point of law under s.69 of the English Arbitration Act the English Commercial Court has provided guidance on the scope of agreements to appeal.
The law
- S.69(1): unless the parties
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In a recent decision refusing permission to appeal on a point of law under s.69 of the English Arbitration Act the English Commercial Court has provided guidance on the scope of agreements to appeal.
The law
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The Federal Law No. 382-FZ “On the arbitration (arbitral proceedings) in the Russian Federation” will come in effect on 1 September 2016 (“the Law”, available in Russian at: http://www.rg.ru/2015/12/31/arbitrazh-dok.html), which entirely replaces the current law on domestic arbitration as…
On 17 March 2016, Advocate General Wathelet at the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) delivered his Opinion in Case C-567/14 (Genentech) emphasizing the importance of competition law arguments in annulment proceedings of arbitral awards and calling the…
On 29 February 2016, a revised text of the Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (“CETA”) was released. Importantly, Canada and the EU have agreed to a number of substantive changes to the CETA’s Investment Chapter, including:
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The Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) has released its Annual Report for 2015, revealing the highest number of new cases and the highest total amount in dispute in its history.
An overview of the statistics in the Annual Report shows…
On 25 February 2016, Poland’s State Treasury announced its intention to terminate its Bilateral Investment Treaties (“BITs”). Poland currently has around 60 BITs in force, all of them signed between 1987 and 1998. Poland concluded BITs with almost every EU…
On 1 February 2016, SIAC commenced a public consultation process on its draft Investment Arbitration Rules 2016. A copy of the draft rules can be found here.
The draft Investment Arbitration Rules include many new provisions which have been…
The Law Reform Commission of Hong Kong published a consultation paper on Third Party Funding for Arbitration in October 2015 (the “Consultation Paper”), proposing that the Arbitration Ordinance be amended to provide that Third Party Funding for arbitration taking place…
The Hong Kong Department of Justice has published a consultation paper on Arbitration (Amendment) Bill 2016 in December 2015 (the “Consultation Paper”), proposing to amend the Arbitration Ordinance to make it clear that disputes over intellectual property rights are capable…
Effective 1 January 2016, the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre has issued a new Practice Note on Consolidation of Arbitration (available at http://hkiac.org/en/arbitration/arbitration-rules-guidelines/practice-note-on-consolidation-of-arbitrations) intended to streamline the procedure when consolidating two or more arbitrations.
The Practice Note applies to…