In the Matter of the Application of New York State Department of Health, Petitioner, For an Order, Pursuant to Article 75 of the CPLR, staying an arbitration commenced by Rusi Technology Company, Limited, Respondent, 2022 NY Slip Op 50041(U) (Sup. Ct. Albany County Jan. 25, 2022 In a special proceeding brought before a trial level court in New York, the New York State Department of Health (“DOH”) moved for an order and judgment permanently staying an…
On 8 June 2021, the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Turkey (“Constitutional Court”) decided on an individual…
One year ago, the Higher Regional Court Frankfurt decided that the Achmea-decision[1] by the Court of Justice of…
The case of T v W[1] reinforces the important principle that bills of exchange have a legal life of their own, separate from the underlying contract. They usually do not fall within the scope of an arbitration clause in the underlying contract unless there is a clear and express indication that they do. Factual background Under a Loan Agreement, P agreed to lend D HKD 5 million. P advanced the money and D drew a…
Spliethoff Transport B.V. v. Phyto-Charter Inc., No. 20-CV-3283 (S.D.N.Y. May 13, 2021) [click for opinion] Petitioner Spliethoff Transport…
Setty v. Shrinivas Sugandhalaya LLP, No. 18-35573 (9th Cir. Jan. 20, 2021) [click for opinion] In 1999, brothers…
Certain arbitration rules, such as Article 22.1(vii) of the London Court of International Arbitration Rules (“LCIA Rules 2014”), provide for a “forced joinder.” This empowers an arbitral tribunal to order a consenting third party to be joined to extant arbitration proceedings, provided that an existing party also consents to the joinder, even if the other parties to the arbitration proceedings object. However, what constitutes the requisite “consent” and how may such “consent” be established? In…
In Uber Technologies Inc. v. Heller, 2020 SCC 16 (“Uber v. Heller”) the Supreme Court of Canada upheld…
The arbitration agreement is a separate agreement from the substantive agreement (= doctrine of separability). As a result,…
All well that ends well? After more than four years since the Brexit vote and just one week before the end of the Withdrawal Agreement between the United Kingdom and the European Union, both parties have reached a last-minute agreement on the future of trade and cooperation between them: the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement. This Agreement provisionally enters into force on 1 January 2021 and sets the ground rules for the new partnership between…