Apparent bias, Bias, Deepwater Horizon, Disclosure, Impartiality, Multiple appointments, Removal of arbitrator
The UK Supreme Court to Hear Deepwater Horizon Appeal Seeking Removal of an Arbitrator
Introduction The UK Supreme Court will hear an appeal from Halliburton Company v Chubb Bermuda Insurance Ltd [2018] EWCA Civ 817 on whether an arbitrator may accept appointments in multiple references concerning the overlapping subject matter with only one common party, without giving rise to an appearance of bias and without disclosure. As it stands,…