Time is of the essence: the importance of bringing a challenge to an arbitral...
For those not familiar with the relevant rules, the calculation of the time limit for challenging an English arbitral award before the English courts...
Failure to take into account evidence: a serious irregularity?
Overview
The recent judgment in UMS Holding Ltd & Ors v Great Station Properties SA & Anor EWHC 2398 saw Mr Justice Teare...
To stay or not to stay? A question to the commercial court on considering...
Autoridad del Canal de Panama v Sacyr SA and others EWHC 2228 (Comm) and EWHC 2337 (Comm)
1. Summary
On 5 September 2017, Blair...
Be careful where you sit! English court refuses to enforce a foreign award set...
In Maximov v NMLK the English Commercial Court tackled again the thorny issue of the enforcement of a foreign arbitral award which has been...
Fraudulent Arbitral Awards – Anatolie Stati and others v Republic of Kazakhstan [2017] EWHC...
1.           Summary
Could permission to set aside the English court's permission to enforce a Swedish arbitral award allegedly obtained by fraud be granted in circumstances...
A Stepping Stone Without Overstepping The Mark – English Commercial Court Outlines What Constitutes...
In the recent anonymised judgment of P v Q and others EWHC 194 (Comm), the England & Wales Commercial Court gave some important...
U.S. Second Circuit Confirms Annulled Award Cannot Be Enforced
Two years after its noted decision enforcing an annulled award in the Pemex case, the Second Circuit again took up the issue of enforcement...
Litigation and Arbitration: A “complementary” approach
As we discussed in our blogpost last year, in March 2016, England's Lord Chief Justice, Lord Thomas, delivered a much debated speech in which...
UK Supreme Court rules on whether award debtors can be ordered to pay security...
In a landmark decision, the UK Supreme Court has determined that the New York Convention does not permit domestic courts to require the provision...
Investor State Arbitration under CETA: Key Provisions and What to Watch for in 2017
The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement ('CETA') between the European Union and Canada was signed October 30, 2016. The deepening of Canadian and European...