In February 2024, the International Bar Association (IBA) published the 2024 edition of its Guidelines on Conflicts of Interest in International Arbitration....more
In its recent judgment in UniCredit Bank GmbH v. RusChemAlliance LLC, the Court of Appeal granted a mandatory final anti-suit injunction in support of a French-seated arbitration regarding proceedings brought by the...more
The Law Commission has published its final report on its review of the Arbitration Act 1996. The review – which has been admirably thorough – began in March 2021 and has involved two consultations (which we reported on in...more
In Chechetkin v. Payward Ltd and Others, the High Court of England and Wales ruled that the existence of an arbitration clause in an agreement between the parties should not prevent the court from hearing the UK consumer’s...more
The Law Commission has published a second consultation paper as part of its ongoing review of the Arbitration Act 1996. An initial consultation paper containing proposals for reform was published in September 2022....more
In its instructive judgment in RQP v ZYX, the High Court of England and Wales has provided helpful commentary on two aspects of the arbitration process, namely: (i) the limited circumstances in which a tribunal may have...more
The Court of Appeal of England and Wales in Soleymani v Nifty Gateway LLC has set aside a stay to allow the English court to determine the validity of an arbitration clause contained in a contract between an English consumer...more