Nicholas Fletcher, Author at Kluwer Arbitration Blog

KRUPPA V BENEDETTI: WHEN IS AN AGREEMENT TO ARBITRATE NOT AN AGREEMENT TO ARBITRATE? WHEN IT’S AN AGREEMENT TO ENDEAVOUR TO ARBITRATE

Nicholas Fletcher (Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP)/August 20, 2014 /1 Comment

By Nicholas Fletcher QC and Victoria Clark of Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP In the recent decision of Christian Kruppa v Alessandro Benedetti and Bertrand des Pallières [2014] EWHC 1887 (Comm), Mr Justice Cooke sitting in the English Commercial Court was asked to decide whether or not or a governing law and jurisdiction clause constituted an…

Arbitration Act, Arbitration Proceedings, Due process, English Law, Set aside an arbitral award

Primera v Jiangsu – Challenging an Award on the Ground of Serious Irregularity: English Courts Criticise Attempts to Nitpick an Award

Nicholas Fletcher (Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP)/January 2, 2014 /Leave a comment

and Nikki O’Sullivan, Senior Associate at Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP In a recent decision of the English Commercial Court, Flaux J restated the general principle that the focus of an enquiry under Section 68 of the Arbitration Act 1996 (“the Act”) is to ascertain whether due process has been observed in the making of an…