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The Current Position on the Proper Law of an Arbitration Agreement
English cases The method of determining the proper law of an arbitration agreement has not yet been considered by the highest court in this jurisdiction. Two cases have touched on… Read more »
Section 44(2) Arbitration Act 1996 and the Court’s Powers in Support of Arbitral Proceedings
The recent decision of the Court of Appeal in A & B v C & D & E [2020] EWCA Civ 409 confirms that s44(2)(a) of the Arbitration Act 1996 provides the… Read more »
Bresco v Lonsdale in the Supreme Court: Initial Reflections
The resolution of disputes by means of adjudication is a central feature of the construction industry. It has generated a substantial body of case law. However, issues of construction adjudication… Read more »
Revisiting the Proper Law of the Arbitration Agreement
Three recent decisions of the Courts of Appeal in Singapore and England provide an opportunity to revisit the common law approach to determining the proper law of the arbitration agreement…. Read more »
Coronavirus & Arbitration: Institutional Responses, Challenges and Practical Tips (Part One)
Introduction The ongoing global pandemic created by Covid-19 (‘coronavirus’) has led to unprecedented restrictions on how we conduct our professional lives. In a matter of weeks, businesses around the world… Read more »
English Anti-Suit Injunctions in Support of Arbitration
Samar Abbas and David Hopkins have published an article, titled ‘English Anti-Suit Injunctions in Support of Arbitration‘, in the IBA’s Dispute Resolution International Journal. This article considers the position under… Read more »
A short judgment must be a careful judgment… or risk a retrial
Joe-han Ho has recently published an article titled ‘A short judgment must be a careful judgment… or risk a retrial’ on the Practical Law Dispute Resolution Blog. Please click here to… Read more »
Post-it from Singapore: The Singapore Convention – Practical Law Dispute Resolution Blog
Karen Gough has recently published an article titled ‘Post-it from Singapore: The Singapore Convention‘ in Practical Law’s Dispute Resolution Blog. Please click here to read the full article on Practical… Read more »
Foreign Office travel advisory update: in exceptional circumstances, service of an enforcement order on a sovereign state need not be effected through the FCO
David Hopkins has published an article in the Practical Law Arbitration Blog titled ‘Foreign Office travel advisory update: in exceptional circumstances, service of an enforcement order on a sovereign state… Read more »
Arbitration Update – Recent Cases
The Spring edition of TECBAR Review has published an extract from the talk given at the TECBAR Conference on 4 April 2019 reviewing recent developments in arbitration law by Karen… Read more »
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