Contract Interpretation

Arbitration clause, Arbitration institution, China, Chinese Arbitration Law, Contract Interpretation, Hong Kong, Singapore

(New Zealand International Arbitration Centre (Te Pokapū Whakataunga Taiao o Aotearoa))/ /Leave a comment

In January 2023, the Hong Kong Court of First Instance in Grand Ocean & Williams Co Limited v. Huaxicun Offshore Engineering Co Ltd (江苏华西村海洋工程服务有限公司) [2023] HKCFI 86 (“Grand Ocean”) held that an arbitration clause, governed by the laws of the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”), was void and incapable of being performed on the basis…

Arbitration, Contract Drafting, Contract Interpretation

(University of Oslo)/ /Leave a comment

On 27 June 2023, a pilot project on contract construction in international arbitration was presented and discussed at the Institute for Forensic Linguistics, Aston University. The project explores to what extent international arbitration ensures that contracts are construed in an autonomous, uniform way. The short answer is: only to a small extent. Admittedly, contracts are…