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The Key Reforms to Arbitration Act 2025 Set to Reinforce the UK’s Position as World Leader in Arbitration

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For commercial parties globally, England has long been heralded as a leader for dispute resolution, particularly in arbitration. To maintain its competitive position, in 2022, the Law Commission of England and Wales conducted...more

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Abu Dhabi Court of Cassation Reiterates the Exceptional Nature of Arbitration Agreements

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Introduction - A recent judgment from the Abu Dhabi Court of Cassation (Court of Cassation) in Case No. 902 of 2024 (issued on 23 December 2024) reiterates the importance of ensuring that a signatory to a contract containing...more

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Chambers Global Practice Guides - International Arbitration 2023 - England & Wales

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In 2023, the international arbitration landscape is dominated by macroeconomic factors. The inflationary pressures combined with price volatility and the use of sanctions by governments following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine...more

JAMS

Arbitrating With Nonsignatories: Celebrity Edition

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Kim Kardashian and Tiger Woods are international celebrities, and they have something else in common. Both have been involved in disputes regarding arbitrating with nonsignatories to an arbitration agreement. The idea of...more

Hogan Lovells

The Italian Arbitration Law Turns Around: The 2022 Reform and International Arbitration

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This post is aimed at illustrating the main features of the recently approved reform of the Italian arbitration law, implemented by means of Legislative Decree no. 149 of 10 October 2022 and applicable to proceedings started...more

Felicello Law PC

You Bargained for Confidential Arbitration but Your Adversary Sues in Public Court—Now What?

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From secret formulas to priceless client lists, sensitive information is critical to the continued success of businesses large and small. In business dealings, trade secrets and competitive information are sometimes exchanged...more

NAM (National Arbitration and Mediation)

Party-Appointed Arbitrators On The Precipice

Concerns about bias and prejudice from multiple repeat appointments have plagued party-appointed arbitrators for years. This is true of international arbitration, commercial arbitration and, of course, insurance and...more

BCLP

Split dispute resolution clauses: a recent example

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In a recent judgment (Construction Company v Guarantor [2021] HKCFI 2558, judgment date: 17 August 2021), a Hong Kong court upheld a U.S. arbitral award made pursuant to a split dispute resolution clause. In dismissing the...more

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Interpretation of Arbitration Clauses: Does “may” arbitrate actually mean you “must” arbitrate? Are “no arbitration until...

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Where an arbitration clause provides that parties “may” submit their disputes to arbitration, does this mean that arbitration is mandatory or merely permissive? What is the effect of a proviso in an arbitration clause which...more

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OnRisk: Arbitration Provisions in Insurance Policies

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In this episode of OnRisk, Carolyn Branthoover and Sarah Turpin talk about the increasing frequency of arbitration clauses in insurance policies, the enforceability of arbitration agreements in both the U.S. and in the UK,...more

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