Arbitration Act 1996, Arbitration Act 2025, England, English Arbitration Act, English Law, LCIA, LCIA Arbitration, LCIA Rules, Uncategorized

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The highly anticipated English Arbitration Bill has received Royal Assent, with the Bill enacted as the Arbitration Act 2025 (“2025 Act”). The 2025 Act modernises and amends the Arbitration Act 1996 (“1996 Act”), with the substantive amendments coming into force through regulation(s) on a date to be announced. The 2025 Act provides welcome legal clarity…

CAS arbitration, CJEU, EU Law, New York Convention

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On 16 January 2025, Advocate General Capeta  (“AG Capeta”) rendered her opinion (the “Opinion”) in Case C-600/23 – Royal Football Club Seraing v. FIFA et al.  (“RFC Seraing”).  She purports to be building upon the 21 December 2023 decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) in Case C-124/21 P, International Skating…

Journal of International Arbitration

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We are happy to inform you that the latest issue of the journal is now available and includes the following contributions:   Philippa Webb, Immunities and States’ Alter Egos Comparing the approach to the alter ego doctrine in the United States (“US”) with approaches taken in the United Kingdom (“UK”), Canada, Switzerland and Australia reveals…

Greece, ICCA, Israel

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Reflecting the ever-evolving landscape of international commercial arbitration, the latest edition of the ICCA International Handbook on Commercial Arbitration covers significant legislative developments from Greece and Israel, both of which have enacted new laws modernizing and aligning domestic frameworks with international standards.   Greece’s Embrace of the UNCITRAL Model Law Greece has recently made significant…

Arbitration, Arbitrators, CRCICA, Egypt, Institutional Rules, MENA

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The latest 2024 arbitration rules of the Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (“CRCICA”) have been in force since 15 January 2024 (“2024 CRCICA Rules”). As discussed in a previous post, the amendments introduced by the 2024 CRCICA Rules greatly promote CRCICA’s desirability as one of the leading arbitration institutions in the Middle East…

English courts, English Law, Freezing Orders, Injunction, UK

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The freezing injunction, famously referred to as one of the law’s “nuclear weapons,” is a remedy developed for the purposes of preventing a judgment debtor (or potential judgment debtor) from unjustly dissipating their assets so as to prevent the judgment made against them from being enforced. This post explores how post-award freezing injunctions can be…

Camera Arbitrale Milano, Interim measures, Italian law, Italy, Reform

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For decades, Italy was one of the very few countries in the world that prohibited arbitrators from granting interim relief. The situation changed in 2022 with the so-called “Cartabia” Reform, named after Professor Marta Cartabia, Italy’s Minister of Justice at the time and former president of the Constitutional Court (see also discussion here). Thanks to…

ICC, LCIA, QICCA

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The Qatar International Center for Conciliation and Arbitration (“QICCA”) has introduced updated rules (“the 2024 Rules”), which were adopted by the Board of Directors on 15 September 2024, effective 1 January 2025. These amendments address multi-party and multi-contract cases, third-party funding disclosure, expedited and emergency proceedings, technological advancements, fee structures, and enhanced procedural efficiency. This…

ITA Arbitration Report

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The Institute of Transnational Arbitration (ITA), in collaboration with the ITA Board of Reporters, is happy to inform you that the latest ITA Arbitration Report was published: a free email subscription service available at KluwerArbitration.com delivering timely reports on awards, cases, legislation and current developments from over 60 countries and 12 institutions. To get your free subscription to the ITA…

ACICA, CISG, Vis Moot, Willem C. Vis Moot

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Many arbitration practitioners nowadays trace their initial interest in arbitration back to their student days, when they competed at the world’s largest and most renowned law student competition in the field of arbitration – the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot. Created in 1993 by Prof. Dr. Eric E. Bergsten, the Vis Moot fosters…

CAS arbitration, CJEU, EU Law, New York Convention, Res Judicata

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On 16 January 2025, Advocate General Capeta (“AG”) issued her opinion in a dispute concerning  third party ownership (“TPO”) rules between Belgian football club RFC Seraing and the International Federation of Association Football (“FIFA”). Pending the CJEU’s highly anticipated judgment in this case, this post seeks to give some insights into the scope and potential…

Ad hoc arbitration, Arbitration, Arbitration Institutions and Rules, Arbitration Proceedings, Chinese Arbitration Law

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As the revision of the Arbitration Law of the People’s Republic of China (“PRC Arbitration Law”) progresses, ad hoc arbitration is gaining more attention in China. This Blog has previously discussed whether ad hoc arbitration will truly take root in the country (see The turn to fact or fiction: ad hoc arbitration in the draft…

Costs, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

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Dubai Courts’ reversal on recoverability of legal fees in arbitration under the ICC rules Earlier this year, the Dubai Court of Cassation (“DCC”) issued a judgment (“DCC Judgment 1”) setting aside an arbitral award issued under the ICC Rules of Arbitration 2021 (“ICC Rules 2021”) in part, concerning the recovery of legal fees of a…

Enforcement, France, Limitation period, Reform

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Is there a statute of limitations applicable in France to requests for enforcement of foreign arbitral awards? On 10 December 2024, the Versailles Court of Appeal (the “Court”) responded in the affirmative and ruled that a request was time barred for having been filed more than 5 years after the issuance of the award (Case…

Arbitration, Enforcement, New York Convention

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In SpaceCom v Wateen Telecom, SpaceCom applied to the Lahore High Court (the “LHC”) for recognition and enforcement of awards rendered by a DIFC-LCIA tribunal (the “Tribunal”) under the Recognition and Enforcement (Arbitral Agreements and Foreign Arbitral Awards) Act, 2011 (the “Act”), which implements the New York Convention (the “NYC”). The awards were rendered in…

Abuse of Rights, Abusive Claims, Investment Arbitration, Investment Disputes, Investment Treaties, ISDS

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Investment tribunals are well-known to examine the abuse of rights doctrine in various contexts, including illegitimate corporate restructuring (Phillip Morris v Australia, para. 588; Lao Holdings v Laos I, para. 70; Alverley v Romania, para. 380), bad faith conduct (Phoenix v Czech Republic, paras.143-44; WCV World Capital Ventures Cyprus Ltd v Czech Republic, paras. 477-478),…

Appointment of arbitrators, India

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A five-judge Bench (“Constitution Bench”) of the Supreme Court of India (“SC”) recently delivered a landmark judgment in Central Organisation for Railway Electrification v. ECI-SPIC-SMO-MCML (JV) (“CORE-II”), on the validity of unilateral appointment clauses. The SC held that such clauses cast justifiable doubts on the independence and impartiality of arbitral tribunals.  The judgment addresses various…

Breach of natural justice, Fair hearing, Infra petita, Non-participating party, Proper notice, Set aside an arbitral award, Singapore, Singapore Court of Appeal, Singapore International Arbitration Centre

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Can a party refuse to participate in an arbitration, and thereafter challenge the arbitral award on the ground that the arbitrator failed to consider a point which was not put in issue? The Singapore Court of Appeal (“CA”) in DEM v DEL [2025] SGCA 1 (“DEM”) decided in the negative on this novel point of…

Enforcement, Enforcement of arbitration agreement, French Supreme Court, Jurisdiction of the arbitral tribunal, Paris Court of Appeal, Pathological arbitration agreement

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The famous saga Sultan de Sulu is coming to an end in France with the French Cour de cassation (Cass. Civ. 1re 6 November 2024, hereinafter the “Ruling”) upholding the Paris Court of Appeal’s decision to refuse the enforcement of the preliminary award whereby the sole arbitrator affirmed his jurisdiction and determined the seat of…

ISDS, ISDS Reform, Multilateral Investment Court, selection of arbitrators, Working Group III

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Investor-State Dispute Settlement (“ISDS”) has gone through significant changes over the years. Before arbitration became the principal mechanism for resolving investment disputes, options of foreign investors were limited to either initiating proceedings before national courts or relying on diplomatic protection. The dissatisfaction with both options, for reasons of a perceived lack of neutrality and sufficient…

ITA Arbitration Report

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The Institute of Transnational Arbitration (ITA), in collaboration with the ITA Board of Reporters, is happy to inform you that the latest ITA Arbitration Report was published: a free email subscription service available at KluwerArbitration.com delivering timely reports on awards, cases, legislation and current developments from over 60 countries and 12 institutions. To get your free subscription to the ITA…

Appointment of arbitrators, India

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The subject of unilateral appointment of arbitrators arising from the Supreme Court of India’s (“Court”) three-judge bench decision in Central Organization for Railway Electrification v. ECI SPIC SMO MCML (JV) (“CORE I”), which held that one party’s power to unilaterally appoint an arbitrator was counterbalanced by a choice provided to the counter party to choose…

BIT, Enforcement, India

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The new bilateral investment treaty (“BIT”) between India and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) entered into force on 31 August 2024 (replacing an earlier 2013 treaty between the two nations). Aside from generating optimism for future trade, it heralds good news in relation to concerns around enforcing investor-State awards in India—at least for this BIT….

Arbitrability, Australia, Class arbitration, Consumer contracts, Privacy, Technology, United States

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Dating apps are now a central part of many people’s lives. Yet many users perhaps overlook that use of this kind of app usually comes with an arbitration agreement. Almost all major dating apps—including Bumble, eHarmony, Grindr, Hinge, Match, OkCupid, Plenty of Fish, and Tinder— incorporate broad arbitration clauses in their terms of service (“TOS”)….