Hello Rules Revision! The German Arbitration Institute (DIS) revised its arbitration rules for the first time in 20 years. Therefore, the German Dispute Resolution team of Baker McKenzie has started a podcast focusing on the revised rules, which apply to international and domestic arbitrations. The revised rules came into force on 1 March 2018. In this first video Heiko Haller gives a detailed introduction on the main changes users have to be aware of.
In a groundbreaking decision of 6 March 2018, the European Court of Justice (CJEU) shook up the arbitration community.…
The LCIA has recently published summaries of 32 decisions of the LCIA Court relating to challenges made against…
Third party funding is a relatively new phenomenon in the UK; historically it had been viewed by the Courts as unethical and contrary to public policy amid fears that it promoted unmeritorious claims being brought before the Courts and resulted in conflicts of interest, both actual and perceived; such arrangements would therefore often be deemed unenforceable. Nowadays, however, third party funding arrangements are generally permissible, are becoming better understood by lawyers and the courts alike,…
Litigation funding, sometimes called third-party funding or litigation finance, is becoming increasingly popular in Switzerland these days. One…
According to the Polish Supreme Court – very far, as it allowed an arbitral award to modify the…
1. Summary In Company 1 v. Company 2 and another[1], the English court confirmed its jurisdiction to make orders, including granting interim injunctions, in support of foreign seated arbitrations. While the natural court for granting interim injunctive relief in support of arbitration is the court of the country of the seat of the arbitration, the English court will grant interim relief in support of foreign seated arbitrations where it is appropriate to do. However, the…
Overview Following debate within the arbitration community regarding the proper scope of the role of a tribunal secretary…
Given the flows of credit through London, the Third Party Debt Order is a useful tool in the…
For those not familiar with the relevant rules, the calculation of the time limit for challenging an English arbitral award before the English courts may come as a surprise. In two recent High Court decisions, the court has emphasised that the 28 day time limit for challenging an award commences on the date the award is made and not the date it is received by the parties. In both cases, despite the fact the parties…