Apparent bias, Appointment of arbitrators, Bias, Deepwater Horizon, IBA Guidelines on Conflicts of Interest, Impartiality, UK, UK Supreme Court, Unconscious Bias
U.K. Supreme Court Rules on Arbitrator Bias in Halliburton v. Chubb
On 27 November 2020, the U.K. Supreme Court in Halliburton Company v. Chubb Bermuda Insurance Ltd (formerly known as Ace Bermuda Insurance Ltd) [2020] UKSC 48 ruled on the approach under English law to determining whether an arbitrator’s failure to make disclosure of appointments in multiple arbitrations with overlapping subject matter and only one common…