The Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre ("HKIAC") has released its 2024 Administered Arbitration Rules ("2024 Rules"). The 2024 Rules focus on improving the time- and cost-efficiency of the HKIAC arbitral process, and...more
A recent Singapore International Commercial Court ("SICC") decision considered the extent to which an arbitral tribunal can exclude evidence after a specified date.
It is often said that arbitral tribunals are the masters...more
The Situation: On 25 June 2021, the Full Court of the Federal Court in Hub St Equipment Pty Ltd v Energy City Qatar Holding Company [2021] FCAFC 116 (Hub v Energy City Qatar) refused to uphold the enforcement of an arbitral...more
The Situation: On 15 February 2021, the English High Court handed down a key judgment in Republic of Sierra Leone v. SL Mining Ltd on the issue of whether non-compliance with a clause containing a pre-arbitration procedural...more
While tribunals in Singapore enjoy wide discretion in managing procedural and evidentiary matters in arbitrations, that discretion is not unfettered and does not necessarily allow a tribunal to deny parties the right to...more
The 2021 ICC Rules, which will enter into force on January 1, 2021, include a new requirement for disclosure of third-party funding arrangements.
On October 8, 2020, the International Chamber of Commerce ("ICC") announced...more
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