In a Judgement handed down on 27 October 20211, the UK Supreme Court upheld the English Court of Appeal finding in Kabab-Ji SAL v. Kout Food Group of 20 January 2020 that English law as the law governing the relevant...more
The Fundamental Problem -
International arbitration is facing continued (if not increased) problems stemming from multitier arbitration clauses. What should happen when one party has not complied with a pre-arbitral step...more
Party Nomination of Arbitrators -
Parties benefit from a broad freedom in nominating arbitrators. In the context of an arbitration seated in France, the French law principle of égalité (equality) between the parties in...more
In Leonardo S.p.A v. Doha Bank Assurance Company LLC1 the Appellate Division of the Qatar Financial Centre in a Judgement handed down by Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd, Justice Chelva Rajah SC and Justice Ali Malek QC stressed the...more
• The International Court of Arbitration (the “Court”) of the ICC has published a Note to Parties and Arbitral Tribunals on the conduct of the arbitration under the ICC Rules of Arbitration (the “Note” or the “2019 Note”)...more
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