On May 8, 2025, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held, in Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s, London v. 3131 Veterans Blvd LLC, and Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s, London v. Mpire Properties LLC, Docket...more
In CC v AC [2025] HKCFI 855 (Date of Decision: 27 February 2025), the Hong Kong Court of First Instance (“Court”) dismissed an application to set aside an order to enforce an arbitral award. The main basis of challenge...more
In Iraq Telecom Ltd. v. IBL Bank S.A.L., defendant IBL appealed an order from the district court that denied its application to stay the enforcement of a $3 million arbitration award rendered in favor of plaintiff Iraq...more
The English Court of Appeal in its recent decision in Amir Soleymani v Nifty Gateway LLC v The Competition and Markets Authority [2022] EWCA Civ 1297, held that claims by a high net worth individual that an online auction...more
The Hong Kong Court of Appeal has confirmed that arguments over "escalation clauses" – multi tiered dispute resolution provisions which require negotiation or mediation before formal proceedings can be commenced – should be...more
SUMMARY - On 21 April 2022, the Dubai Court of Cassation (Court of Cassation) issued its judgment in Case No. 109/2022, in which it confirmed that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) procedural law of arbitration, set forth in...more
As part of Paris Arbitration Week, on 31 March 2022, Hogan Lovells hosted a hybrid in-person lunch and webinar titled “Human Rights, ESG and Arbitration at a Crossroad,” a topic which is gathering increasing relevance as...more
Parties to complex international arbitrations should take note. It is critically important to ensure that requests for relief in the written phases of the proceedings accurately capture all relief being sought. Late or...more
On 31 May 2021, Iraq ratified the New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards. Introduction - Until recently, it was challenging to enforce an international arbitral award in the...more
In cases involving contracts between U.S. companies, courts frequently allow a nonsignatory to a contract to enforce an arbitration provision in the contract against a signatory, when the signatory to the contract relies on...more
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit recently held for the first time that parties opposing confirmation of nondomestic arbitral awards (i.e., awards issued in disputes involving property located or conduct...more
In a rare successful challenge to an arbitration award under section 68 of the Arbitration Act 1996, the Commercial Court remitted parts of an award for reconsideration by the tribunal. The Court found that a computational...more
The United Kingdom Supreme Court in Enka Insaat Ve Sanayi AS v OOO Insurance Company Chubb has now resolved the question: which system of national law governs the validity and scope of an arbitration agreement when the law...more
Here is reason for hope for those who face with trepidation the prospect of enforcing an international arbitration award in India. On June 2, 2020, the Supreme Court of India (“ISC”) confirmed the enforceability there of a...more
The dispute involved an arbitration related to alleged medical malpractice by doctors selected by Carnival Cruise Lines to treat a wrist injury of a Serbian employee of Carnival. The employee’s employment agreement with...more