In French civil procedure, the Conseiller de la Mise en État (CME) is a magistrate of the Court of Appeal responsible for ensuring the…

Introduction The UK Supreme Court has now provided its reasons for an earlier decision to uphold a decision by the English Court of Appeal…

Introduction In recent years, the world has witnessed an explosive growth in the popularity and value of virtual assets. This “digital gold rush” has…

The consequences of the Decree No. 34 of 2021 (“Decree”) (abolishing inter alia the DIFC-LCIA arbitration center, see our previous alerts here and here)…

Hernandez v. Sohnen Enterprises, Inc., 102 Cal. App. 5th 222 (2024), reh’g denied (June 3, 2024)[1] Factual Background In 2016, Plaintiff Massiel Hernandez (“Hernandez”) executed an…

The DIFC Court of Appeal (“Appeal Court”) confirmed in a recent judgement in Neal v Nadir [2024] DIFC A 001 (“Judgement”) that the DIFC…

The Court of First Instance (CFI) already considered twice this year in the context of interim measures whether an arbitrator’s order amounted to an…

The Hong Kong courts consistently adopt a robust and purely mechanistic approach to applications resisting enforcement of awards, but they will refuse enforcement in…

Another piece of troubling news for arbitration in Russia-related matters came to light. The Russian Supreme Court ruled in Case No. А45-19015/2023 (the “Ruling”)…

On 11 April 2024, Baker McKenzie launched the Arbitration Bill Progress Tracker, hosted on Global Arbitration News. The Tracker provides an overview of the…