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Arbitrability Exception Struck Down
International trends continue to favour the promotion of arbitration, with courts holding that intervention into the arbitral process should be limited where possible.
New World Order? The Disclosure Pilot Comes into Effect
On 1 January 2019, the new two-year disclosure pilot in the Business and Property Courts of England and Wales came into effect.
An Official Exception to Functus Officio: American Arbitrators Can Alter Their Own Ambiguous Awards
The U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals joined the Third, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, and Ninth Circuits to recognize a formal exception to the doctrine of functus officio
If You Don’t Invite Everyone to the Arbitration Party, You May Come to Regret It: ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc. v. Chubb Insurance Company of Canada
An important issue affecting international arbitrations.
Jurisdiction is, well, Jurisdiction: in Up v Hungary the ICSID Arbitral Tribunal Refuses to Follow Achmea
The decision of the European Court of Justice in Slovak Republic v. Achmea BV held that intra-EU bilateral investment treaties are incompatible with European Union Law.
Fast forward: When to seek early resolution of issues in International Commercial Arbitrations
Arbitral institutional rules have been developing in a way to encourage parties to deal with substantive issues on a preliminary basis.
“On Terms it Considers Just”: Court consolidates a separate domestic arbitration with an international arbitration absent the consent of one of the parties
International Arbitration over Domestic Arbitration?