The Power of Visuals in International Arbitration – IMS Insights Podcast Episode 63
Hodgson Russ's Tim Noonon on the Groundbreaking New York Residency Tax Case Gaied v. NYS Tax Appeals Tribunal
On 10 July 2025, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) delivered its final ruling in the case of Semenya v. Switzerland1 . The ECtHR, sitting as Grand Chamber, found that Switzerland violated its procedural obligations...more
In PI 1 and PI 2 v MR, the Hong Kong Court of First Instance (“Court”) dismissed the plaintiffs’ application to set aside an arbitral tribunal’s decision that it did have jurisdiction to hear a dispute. It is noteworthy that...more
The Swiss Arbitration Centre published the Supplemental Swiss Rules for Trust, Estate and Foundation Disputes (“TEF Rules”) on 22 May 2025. They come into effect on 1 July 2025, and apply to trust, estate and foundation...more
Introduction - In a decision that became public recently, the Abu Dhabi Court of Cassation (Court of Cassation) in Case No. 1115 of 2024 (issued on 25 November 2024) confirmed the exclusivity of the grounds to set aside...more
In a recent judgment, the Singapore Court of Appeal had to decide whether a party could submit to the jurisdiction of an arbitral tribunal to determine an interim application, while at the same time maintaining its...more
Arbitration is a popular mode of alternative dispute resolution in Hong Kong, used increasingly in cross-border commercial disputes and among international parties. In 2023, the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre...more
In CNG v G & G (HCCT 29/2023) [2024] HKCFI 575 (date of reasons for decision: 27 February 2024), the Hong Kong Court of First Instance (“the Court”) dismissed an application to set aside an arbitration award, reiterating...more
Last week, in CNA v. CNB and another [2024] SGCA(I) 2, the Singapore Court of Appeal published its grounds for dismissing an appeal against a decision of the Singapore International Commercial Court (SICC) which declined to...more
Germany is in the process of renewing its arbitration law, which in its current version dates from 1997. In April 2023, the German Federal Ministry of Justice (the “Ministry”) published a Key Issues Paper, identifying...more
In 2023, the international arbitration landscape is dominated by macroeconomic factors. The inflationary pressures combined with price volatility and the use of sanctions by governments following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine...more
On 6 September 2023, the Law Commission of England and Wales published its final report recommending some limited reforms to the Arbitration Act 1996 (“the Arbitration Act”).1 This final report follows a lengthy review...more
In autumn last year, the Law Commission of England and Wales published its review of the U.K. Arbitration Act 1996 (the First Paper). We outlined some of the Law Commission’s proposals in the First Paper in our update from...more
On 22 September 2022, the Law Commission published a consultation paper (the “Consultation Paper”) on the English Arbitration Act 1996 (the “English Arbitration Act”) which included a number of significant provisional...more
The question of whether a party’s failure to comply with a mandatory step in a multi-tiered dispute resolution clause is an issue of “admissibility” or “jurisdiction” was a hot topic in the international arbitration sphere...more
On June 13, 2022, in a unanimous consolidated decision authored by Justice Amy Coney Barrett, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the scope of 28 U.S.C. § 1782(a) (Section 1782), which authorizes federal courts to order...more
It is well-recognised that an advantage of London-seated arbitration is the limited grounds on which an arbitration award may be challenged or appealed in the English courts. ...more
Courts have consistently exercised discretion when allowing discovery in foreign proceedings under the 1782 discovery statute. A foreign tribunal or interested party in a foreign proceeding must petition the appropriate...more
As we predicted in our Annual Seminar on Recent Developments in the UAE Dispute Resolution Landscape, back in November 2016, the use of the DIFC Courts as a "conduit jurisdiction" has been called into question....more
A long-running dispute between Chevron and Ecuador appears to have reached its end after the Supreme Court declined to take up Ecuador’s question of whether United States courts had jurisdiction to confirm a $96 million...more
In 1973, Chevron and Ecuador signed an agreement allowing Chevron to develop oil fields in Ecuador. Years later, litigation ensued and eventually Chevron commenced an arbitration action before a tribunal in the Hague. Ecuador...more
Under s 8 of the Uniform Commercial Arbitration Act (CAA)1 a 'court' is required to stay proceedings before it if the parties have already agreed to have their dispute referred to arbitration. Recently, the Victorian Court of...more