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January 15, 2018 | Author: Tom Yates and Georgiana Andrews
Overview
Following debate within the arbitration community regarding the proper scope of the role of a tribunal secretary and a series of challenges to arbitral awards based on the […]
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January 17, 2018 | Author: Tom Yates and Daniel Relton
1. Summary
In Company 1 v. Company 2 and another[1], the English court confirmed its jurisdiction to make orders, including granting interim injunctions, in support of foreign seated arbitrations. While the […]
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PUBLISHED JAN 9, 2018, 5:13 PM SGT | Seow Bei Yi
SINGAPORE – The Singapore International Commercial Court (SICC) has heard 17 cases on subjects ranging from construction to banking and finance since it was established in 2015, said Senior Minister of State for Law […]
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USA | December 15 2017
The use of outside capital in the legal industry is becoming increasingly widespread. Indeed, our latest research (http://www.burfordcapital.com/blog/2016-litigation-finance-survey/) shows that use of litigation finance increased four-fold between 2013 and 2016. And yet, many lawyers and clients still lack direct experience with a […]
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United Kingdom | December 11 2017
Two recent English court decisions provide useful reminders that parties to arbitration agreements must take care to properly serve arbitration proceedings on the other party. In doing so, parties will avoid the risk of the court setting aside an award on […]
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Global | December 4 2017
On 1 October 2017, the International Investment Arbitration Rules of the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC Investment Arbitration Rules or Rules) came into force. This is the first set of investment arbitration rules ever promulgated by a Chinese arbitration institution; […]
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China | December 14 2017
Continuing our current series on doing business in China, this edition discusses the viability of arbitration as a method of resolving disputes. This article highlights international arbitrations with a Chinese party that is decided outside China (“offshore arbitration”) and international arbitrations with […]
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Global | December 11 2017
In October 2017, the International Chamber of Commerce (the ICC) published an update to its practice note to parties and arbitral tribunals (the Practice Note), which makes explicit the availability under its current rules of an ‘expeditious determination’ procedure for ‘manifestly unmeritorious claims or defences’. In […]
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United Arab Emirates | November 16 2017
Recent developments in the UAE legal framework once again call into question the attractiveness of the onshore UAE as a seat and hub for arbitration, as well as the ability of parties to choose their own counsel. We take […]
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Brazil November 27 2017
On 10 November, the Brazilian Superior Court of Justice (“STJ”) published its decision in a long awaited kompetenz-kompetenz (or competence-competence), jurisdictional case brought by Petrobras against the Brazilian oil and gas regulatory agency, the National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (“ANP”). […]