The Law Commission’s Final Report on the Arbitration Act 1996 makes a modest number of important recommendations for reform.
On 6 September 2023, the Law Commission concluded its review of the Arbitration Act 1996 (the...more
In a geopolitically significant case, the English High Court opined on important provisions of the EU sanctions regime.
The judgment of the English High Court in Ministry of Defence & Support for Armed Forces of the...more
An arbitration award cannot be enforced in England against a foreign State without serving the proceedings on that State through the diplomatic channels.
In General Dynamics UK Ltd v Libya [2019] EWHC 64 (Comm), Males LJ,...more
Judgment clarifies the exceptional circumstances in which anti-arbitration injunctions against foreign-seated arbitrations might be granted.
In Sabbagh v Khoury, Justice Knowles in the High Court issued an anti-arbitration...more
On 1 March 2017 the UK Supreme Court1 overturned an order of the Court of Appeal and decided that Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) could not be required to provide monetary security as a condition for resisting...more
5/8/2017
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London has long enjoyed a reputation as one of the most popular and trusted arbitral seats in the world. The use of arbitration in England is long-standing and a legislative framework recognizing and seeking to encourage the...more
A recent High Court decision provides a timely reminder that parties to an arbitration agreement must take care to ensure that arbitration proceedings are properly served to avoid an award being set aside or refused...more
The Stockholm Chamber of Commerce’s (SCC) revised draft Rules for Expedited Arbitration (the “Expedited Rules”) and the SCC’s draft Arbitration Rules (“the Arbitration Rules”) (together “the Rules”), due to come into force in...more
Privy Council clarifies the nature of arbitration clauses, but uncertainties about the clauses’ effect still remain.
“Non-exclusive” arbitration clauses provide that disputes “may” be referred to arbitration (rather than...more
7/14/2016
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Case: Expofrut SA & Others v Melville Services Inc and Lavinia Corporation [2015] EWHC 1950 (Comm)
The English High Court has ruled that an extension to a contractually agreed period in which arbitration proceedings must...more