Introduction The English Commercial Court, in its recent judgment in MVV Environment Devonport Ltd v NTO Shipping GMBH & CO KG (MV Nortrader) [2020] EWHC 1371 (Comm), set aside a final award on jurisdiction (pursuant to section 67 of the English Arbitration Act 1996), holding that the tribunal had erred in ruling that a party to the arbitration agreement had the requisite authority to enter into the said agreement as agent for another. Challenges against…
On January, 11-16 the Russian Institute of Modern Arbitration will hold the Academy on International Arbitration titled “Beyond…
In recent years, corporate arbitration has played only a minor role in Switzerland. One of the main reasons…
The 9th Baltic Arbitration Days will be held in Riga, Latvia at the Dzintari Concert Hall in Jurmala and the Riga World Trading Center. The two day event is sponsored by Klauberg Baltics and will take place on 16 and 17 August 2020, with a pre-conference get-together at the Jurmala Beach Resort on 15 August 2020. Due to COVID-19 and related travel constraints, this year’s conference will take place both onsite as well as online.…
In May 2018, Spain requested the set-aside of an arbitral award in front of the Swedish Svea Court…
The International Chamber of Commerce (“ICC”) recently published its full statistical report for the year 2019,[1] which revealed…
Paris Court of Appeal, 25 February 2020, No 19/1507575; 19/15816; 19/15817; 1915818; 15/819 The International commercial chamber of the Paris Court of Appeal, created in February 2018, has recently issued a decision on the everlasting topic of arbitrators’ independence and impartiality. The dispute arose between three Brazilian companies, members of a consortium operating on an offshore oil development project in Brazil: Dommo Energia S.A. (“Dommo” or “Claimant”), Barra Energia do Brasil PetrĂłleo e Gás Ltda.…
On 19 June 2020, a new Russian Law (Federal Law No. 171-FZ dated 8 June 2020, known as…
German law strictly protects the secrecy of the deliberations of a court and therefore does not allow the…
The Carpatsky[1] case is interesting for a number of reasons as it: The case demonstrates that parties seeking to contest enforcement of an award are presented with what some commentators have called a ‘double-edged sword’. On the one hand, if they bring all their arguments before the curial court and lose, an issue estoppel may arise which prevents them from relying on the same points before the English court at the enforcement stage. On the…