The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) is pleased to host a launch for a new book by Despina Mavromati & Matthieu Reeb, “The Code of the Court of Arbitration…
…proceedings and awards. The Hong Kong Arbitration Ordinance (Cap 609) extends the protection of confidentiality to cover arbitration-related court proceedings and judgments, and therefore offers the highest level of protection…
…Slovakia. Arbitration Clause: In this matter, the SAA reflects the decision of the Slovak Supreme Court (2 Cdo 245/2010 of 30 November 2011, Slovak Supreme Court), which was later followed…
…and the defendant argued ‘B’, under iura novit curia the tribunal can perfectly decide under legal reasoning ‘C’. The Supreme Court of Switzerland was the first body to uphold the…
…In this case, the court addressed a request to vacate a decision of an emergency arbitrator. The court denied jurisdiction purporting that the decision was not final and binding for…
…of the pro-Convention approach previously taken by the Court of First Instance and the Court of Appeal. The Court of Cassation was satisfied that the terms of the NYC found…
…“LAV”), any party may request the competent state court to reduce the amount of the fees fixed by the arbitrators if they were not agreed before the constitution of the…
…14 since the 2011 uprising. Accordingly, a new chapter is added to the Investment Law creating alternative out-of-court forums to amicably settle investor-state disputes. Furthermore, the reference in the Investment…
…of the Court of First Instance. The Respondent challenged the appeal court’s decision before the Dubai Court of Cassation. The Dubai Court of Cassation On 23 November 2014, the Dubai…
…or not the dispute goes to a hearing. Under the ICC Rules, the ICC International Court of Arbitration (the “ICC Court”) fixes both the arbitrators’ and the institution’s fees on…
…and the Court’s Decision When dealing with the issue of the effect of the Cairo Court’s Decision, the Court proceeded on two assumptions, which were later in the Decision addressed…
…argument in bringing a second arbitration, whilst claiming that the arbitration agreements had been spent, did not persuade the court. The judge stayed the court proceedings and ordered that the…
…was finally adopted on 16 February 2015 and is now in full force. For conceptual accuracy, the more appealing title of “Practice Direction on the Conversion of DIFC Court Judgments…
…[2013] SGCA 49, the Singapore High Court hesitated to apply the doctrine of contractual estoppel. This holding was subsequently questioned by the Court of Appeal which, however, declined to elaborate…
…there is an Advisory Committee on the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure that works tirelessly to implement procedural improvements into the court system. It is also why entities—such as the…
…few and far between are those cases where the challenges have been found successful. The recent Judgement of the Technology and Construction Court in The Secretary of State for the…
…or (v) enter into ex parte communications with the tribunal or members of the LCIA Court involved in making any decision regarding the arbitration (paragraph 6). As a preliminary remark,…
…Kasikili/Sedudu Island case, the International Court of Justice noted that “[i]n order to illuminate meaning of the words agreed upon in 1890, there is nothing that prevents the Court from…
In November 2014, a new arbitration center was established in Bulgaria – the KRIB Court of Arbitration (KRIB – Confederation of Employers and Industrialists in Bulgaria). The establishment of this…
…the competent arbitral tribunal2)Including one of the very experienced judge Ingemar Persson, then at the Svea Court of Appeals, now sitting Supreme Court Justice. – that a binding arbitration agreement…
…People’s Court (‘the Fuzhou Court’ or ‘the Court’) handed down a civil ruling in Fujian Across Express Information Technology Co Ltd and others v China MediaExpress Holdings Inc (2014) Rong…
…no argument was raised nor did the Court question the applicability of the Act to relationships arising out of international treaties. The Court straightaway assumed that the Act applied and…
and Alexandra Mitretodis, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP In 0927613 BC Ltd v 0941187 BC Ltd, 2014 BCJ No 2659, decided on August 21, 2014, the British Columbia Supreme Court stated…
…of the arbitral tribunal. In the following, the applicant turned to the German Federal Supreme Court (BGH) while at the same time, the arbitral tribunal proceeded with the investment dispute,…
