Arbitrability, Arbitral seat, Arbitration Award, Arbitration clause, Arbitration institution, Arbitration Institutions and Rules, Enforcement, Paris Arbitration Week, Seat of the arbitration, Virtual hearings, Webinar

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The third edition of the Jeantet “Arbitrating in CEE and CIS” roundtable was held virtually during the Paris Arbitration Week on Wednesday, 8 July 2020. The topic of this year’s edition laid stress upon “Do and Don’t’s When Choosing a Seat and Enforcing in CEE/ CIS/ Russia: State of Play”. Because of both the significant…

Climate change, ICC Arbitration, ICC Note to Parties and Arbitral Tribunals, Paris Arbitration Week, Virtual hearings, Webinar

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The 4th ICC European Conference on International Arbitration took place on Tuesday 7 July 2020, during the second day of the Paris Arbitration Week. This first-ever digital edition saw record numbers with 1,450 participants connecting from all corners of the world. Alexis Mourre, President of the ICC International Court of Arbitration, acknowledged in his welcome…

Arbitral Award, Arbitral seat, Arbitral Tribunal, Arbitration, Arbitration Institutions and Rules, Arbitration Proceedings

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The COVID-19 pandemic catapulted discussions on online dispute resolution methods like no other phenomenon. With this, determining the proper seat for online arbitration has become the center of conversation. As the world adapted to the challenges presented by the pandemic, so too did international arbitration. Suddenly, there was a wave of virtual hearings, webinars and…

Enforcement of an award that was set aside, France, New York Convention, Public Policy, Set aside an international arbitral award

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An award set-side underlines that it has been annulled in the jurisdiction in which it has been rendered. The grounds for setting aside an award are provided by the UNCITRAL Model Law and are quite similar throughout numerous jurisdictions. Article V of the New York Convention (‘NYC’) presents a set-aside award as one of the…

Canada, Commercial Arbitration, Employment arbitration, Uber v. Heller, UNCITRAL Model Law

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Most individuals with involvement in international arbitration—as a scholar, practitioner, arbitrator, or as a brave student participating in a moot competition—have cited Gary Born for some legal principle. Indeed, sometimes this name is cited by opposing sides in support of their contrary legal arguments. While this has been a common practice among students and, in…

Annulment, Appointment of arbitrators, Conflicts of interest

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In a recent decision, in Eiser Infrastructure Limited and Energia Solar Luxemburg S.À.R.L. v Kingdom of Spain (ICSID Case No. ARB/13/36), an International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) ad-hoc committee decided to annul an award in its entirety. The reason being a conflict of interest. For the first time in ICSID’s history, an…

Enforcement, India, Public Policy, Set aside an international arbitral award

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In a recent decision, National Agricultural Co-operative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED) v. Alimenta S.A. (“NAFED”), the Indian Supreme Court (“SC”) refused to enforce a foreign award on the ground of it being opposed to public policy under Section 7 (1) (b) (ii) of the Foreign Awards (Recognition and Enforcement) Act, 1961 (“the 1961 Act”)….

Access to Justice, COVID-19, Cybersecurity, Due process, Virtual hearings

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Institute for Transnational Arbitration (ITA)

In addition to the serious implications for people’s health and public healthcare services, the COVID-19 pandemic also imposes challenges for the administration of justice.   Increasing Demand for Amicable Methods of Dispute Resolution The current crisis creates a need for business and its legal representatives to consider carefully appropriate and alternative options for the efficient,…

Document Production, Efficiency, International arbitration

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Document production is widely regarded as one of the most time-consuming and costly elements of international arbitration.1)The 2018 International Arbitration Survey: The Evolution of International Arbitration by the School of International Arbitration at Queen Mary University of London and White & Case lists “cost” as arbitration’s worst feature, followed by “lack of effective sanctions during…

Canada, Commercial Arbitration, Employment arbitration, Uber v. Heller, UNCITRAL Model Law

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From practically the moment the Supreme Court of Canada’s (SCC) decision in Uber Technologies v Heller was released, commercial arbitration practitioners and scholars—including on this blog—have criticized it for weakening the cherished competence-competence principle. We submit that those who defend Uber’s problematic arbitration clause in the name of protecting competence-competence love arbitration not wisely, but…

Arbitration Agreement, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Civil Procedure, Termination

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Despite the fact that Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) has two arbitration courts – The Arbitration Court attached to the Foreign Trade Chamber of Bosnia and Herzegovina which has existed since 2003 and the Foreign Trade Court of Arbitration of the Republika Srpska (‘RS’) Chamber of Commerce and Industry since 1998 – arbitration still remains an…

Brazilian Arbitration Journal

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In its 66th edition, the Brazilian Arbitration Journal presents, in the National Doctrine section, Bruno Pellegrini Venosa’s analysis about the interaction between the applicable law to the arbitral procedure and foreign arbitral urgent measures. In addition, Rafael Branco Xavier discusses the possibility of implementing the disregard doctrine in arbitration. In the International Doctrine section, Eugenie…

Japan, Japan Commercial Arbitration Association, JCAA

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Arbitration in Japan recently received a domestic boost when two Japanese industry titans agreed to arbitrate their dispute over a South African coal plant, with claims worth several billion US dollars, before the JCAA. However domestic arbitration in Japan tends to be used sparingly and this is often cited as a reason for many Japanese…

Arbitration, Contingency Funding, Hong Kong, Singapore, Third party funding

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While Hong Kong and Singapore legislated in 2017 to allow third party funding of arbitrations (“TPF”),1)In Hong Kong, the amendments to the Arbitration Ordinance (Cap. 609) ultimately took effect in February 2019. both jurisdictions presently still bar “No-Win, No-Fee” and other outcome related fee arrangements between parties to arbitration and their lawyers. This is out-of-step…

Arbitration, Courts, Enforcement, interim relief, Philippines, Singapore, Virtual hearings

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YSIAC

A special COVID-19-themed SIAC Philippines webinar took place on 18 June 2020. The webinar examined the availability of interim relief to parties to commercial disputes, both in international arbitration and through courts in the Philippines and Singapore, with the panel members sharing their observations on trends and changes since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic….

Delos, Domestic Courts, India, New York Convention

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This post analyses the recent developments in enforcement of foreign awards in India that were discussed during the Delos’ Tagtime webinar by Mr. Gourab Banerji SA.1) who was “tagged” by Sir Bernard Eder. Mr. Banerji then “tagged” his colleague from the Nigerian Bar Ms. Funke Adekoya SAN to appear in the next Tagtime webinar by…

Applicable Law, Arbitration Agreement, Common Law, New York Convention, Validation

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Three recent decisions of the Courts of Appeal in Singapore and England (BNA v BNB and another [2019] SGCA 84 (“BNA v BNB”); Kabab-JI S.A.L v Kout Food Group [2020] EWCA Civ 6 (“Kabab v Kout”); and Enka Insaat Ve Sanayi A.S. v OOO “Insurance Company Chubb” and others [2020] EWCA Civ 574 (“Enka v…

Advocacy, Cross-examination, Efficiency, Virtual hearings

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While the hurdles of virtual hearings have been documented with numerous intelligible solutions, little attention has been turned towards how advocacy is faring in the offline-online migration. It is an attractive notion to think that advocacy, in its subjective glory, can be seamlessly transplanted from the offline world and into the virtual dimension with little…

Intellectual Property, Interview, Interviews with Our Editors, Panel of Arbitrators, Space Arbitration, Technology, technology industry

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Mr. Schiefelbein, welcome to the Kluwer Arbitration Blog!  We are grateful to have the opportunity to share your unique perspectives with our readers. Please give our readers a brief introduction to yourself and your route to becoming CEO of the SVAMC. Following law school I was in the United States Air Force Judge Advocate General’s…

Africa, Arbitration, COVID-19, Diversity, International arbitration, Social networks, Webinar, Willem C. Vis Moot, Workshop

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“When written in Chinese, the word ‘crisis’ is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity.” (John F. Kennedy, Former US President). The current Covid-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc globally impacting people in grievous ways. The resultant containment measures by governments have severely limited or otherwise rendered physical interactions impossible. As…

Arbitration Award, Swiss Private International Law Act, Switzerland

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Arbitral awards can be annulled on exhaustive grounds prescribed in the lex arbitri. Under UNCITRAL Model Law Art. 34/2/a/iii an award can be challenged, if arbitrators award differently than the submissions of the parties (ultra or extra petita). In a recent judgment, the Swiss Federal Supreme Court (hereafter “SFSC”) partially annulled an ICC-award on extra petita (4A_294/2019), as the…

AIAC, Emergency Arbitrator, Malaysia, Non-signatory, Set aside an arbitral award, UNCITRAL Model Law, Winding Up Applications

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Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC)

Amid the rise of arbitration-friendly regimes, Malaysia has emerged as one of the preferred seats of arbitration in Asia. Several coordinated factors support Malaysia’s emergence as a pro-arbitration jurisdiction. These include significant amendments to the Arbitration Act 2005 (the “Act”), the pro-arbitration position taken by the Malaysian Judiciary, and the rise of the Asian International…

Canada, National Courts, UNCITRAL Model Law

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With a feature presentation on “Major Milestones in Canadian Arbitration Law”, the Canadian Journal of Commercial Arbitration launched last week before an online audience of several hundred arbitration practitioners, scholars, and students from around the world. “Our aspiration for the Journal is to contribute materially to bringing together, and strengthening the professional bond, among all…

Arbitration Agreement, Canada, Domestic Courts, Employment arbitration, Uber v. Heller, UNCITRAL Model Law

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On June 26, 2020, the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) released a decision with significant implications for international businesses by placing significant limits on the application of arbitration clauses.   Background The case, Uber Technologies Inc. v Heller (2020 SCC 16 ) (“Heller”), involved a challenge to Uber’s standard agreement with drivers requiring disputes to…