Dubai Award Survives Bribery Challenge in England
In Honeywell v Meydan Group LLC ([2014] EWHC 1344 (TCC)) the High Court in London upheld a DIAC award against the owner of the Meydan Racecourse in Dubai, rejecting allegations that the underlying...
View ArticleEnforcement of Worldwide Freezing Orders in Ukraine
I. General Aspects of Enforceability English Worldwide Freezing Order (“WFO”) being called by Matthias Scherer and Simone Nadelhofer one of the “nuclear weapons” of commercial litigation and...
View ArticleEnglish Courts Set Aside Award on Grounds of Serious Irregularity under...
An often cited advantage of arbitration, as opposed to litigation, is the finality of the process. The grounds for time-consuming and costly challenges and appeals are limited. Under the English 1996...
View ArticleEnforcement of an Award Set Aside: the So-Called “Preferred Approach” and its...
The Main Approaches Regarding Enforcement of Annulled Foreign Awards The ongoing issue of whether an award that was set aside in the country of origin should be enforced has recently arisen in England...
View ArticleEngland and Wales: Arbitrability of Claims which Involve Alleged Criminal...
The recent Court of Appeal of England and Wales (“the Court”) judgment in the case of The London Steamship Owners’ Mutual Insurance Association Ltd v The Kingdom of Spain and The French State [2015]...
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Breaking Arbitration’s 5-Minute Barrier: from the Archives
Summer fun Dear Readers, you may have noticed the dearth of recent posts, for which we make no excuses. It is late summer for the northern hemisphere contributors. At this point, most of us are...
View ArticleGrowing Appreciation for Arbitration for Trade and Investment disputes in...
The views expressed in this article are those of the author alone and should not be regarded as representative of, or binding upon ArbitralWomen and/or the author’s chambers. The legal landscape in...
View ArticleDubai Court of Appeal questions UK NYC membership: Investors keep calm … and...
Gordon BlankeDWF (Middle East) LLPIn a recent enforcement action of a foreign arbitral award rendered under the ICC Rules in London, England, the Dubai Court of Appeal questioned the United Kingdom’s...
View ArticleDue Process Paranoia
Remy Gerbay Enyo LawA few months ago, Queen Mary University of London and White & Case released their third International Arbitration Survey entitled “Improvements and Innovations in International...
View Article“Who will rid me of this turbulent arbitrator?” Applications to Remove...
Al TrentStewarts LawIntroduction The ability to select an arbitrator is widely considered one of the most valuable characteristics of international arbitration. According to the Queen Mary University...
View Article“Who will rid me of this turbulent arbitrator?” Applications to Remove...
Al TrentStewarts LawIntroduction As noted in Part 1 of this two-part series, the ability to select an arbitrator is widely considered one of the most valuable characteristics of international...
View ArticleDubai Award Survives Bribery Challenge in England
Mike McClureHerbert Smith Freehills LLP For Herbert Smith FreehillsIn Honeywell v Meydan Group LLC ([2014] EWHC 1344 (TCC)) the High Court in London upheld a DIAC award against the owner of the Meydan...
View ArticleA Procedural Bar to Award Enforcement? State Immunity in England & Wales
Rupert ColdwellClyde & Co. For Clyde & Co.James Crawford described the principle of state immunity as “…a rule of international law that facilitates the performance of public functions by the...
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Due Process Paranoia (Part 2): Assessing the Enforcement Risk under the...
Remy Gerbay and Badar Al Raisi Enyo LawThe first blog in this two-part series, published last year, discussed the growing concern of arbitration users over “due process paranoia”. In that first blog,...
View ArticleDubai Award Survives Bribery Challenge in England
Mike McClure Herbert Smith FreehillsIn Honeywell v Meydan Group LLC ([2014] EWHC 1344 (TCC)) the High Court in London upheld a DIAC award against the owner of the Meydan Racecourse in Dubai, rejecting...
View ArticleEnforcement of Worldwide Freezing Orders in Ukraine
Konstantin PilkovI. General Aspects of Enforceability English Worldwide Freezing Order (“WFO”) being called by Matthias Scherer and Simone Nadelhofer one of the “nuclear weapons” of commercial...
View ArticleEnglish Courts Set Aside Award on Grounds of Serious Irregularity under...
Maguelonne de Brugiere Herbert Smith FreehillsAn often cited advantage of arbitration, as opposed to litigation, is the finality of the process. The grounds for time-consuming and costly challenges and...
View ArticleAntitrust Arbitration in Europe (Part II): The Scope and Effect of...
Patricia Živković (Associate Editor)My previous blog post on this topic dealt with two issues stemming from the juxtaposition between the current arbitration legal framework and necessary due process...
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How Effective are ICSID Provisional Measures at Suspending Criminal...
Emilie Gonin (Assistant Editor for Africa)Since the first application for provisional measures suspending criminal proceedings in Tokios Tokelés v. Ukraine (ICSID Case No. ARB/02/18, Order No. 3, 18...
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English Court Denies Application to Enforce Russian Arbitral Award Set Aside...
Jonathan Kelly, Adam Grant and Marina ZarubinA recent decision by the English Court shows once again the very high bar that a claimant must reach to enforce an award that had been set aside by the...
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