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Advising on a major negligence claim arising from the extensive refurbishment of a parliamentary building involving two
sets of arbitration proceedings and had been settled following two days of mediation.
The Court of Appeal reversed the decision of Mr Justice Morison — who had granted a
stay of arbitration proceedings pursuant to AA 1996, s 72 — in holding that any jurisdiction or arbitration clause in an international commercial contract should be liberally construed.
VTB Bank (Austria) AG v Kombinat Aluminijuma Podgorica AD [2015] EWHC 750 (Ch): acting for the successful respondent in an application to lift a stay
of arbitration proceedings pursuant to the Cross-Border Insolvency Regulations 2006.
We advise and represent parties at all stages of the arbitration process — from the negotiation of arbitration clauses, to the
conduct of arbitration proceedings, to the enforcement or challenge of arbitration awards.
However, it is interesting to note that, in this case, the Claimants were able to use the information that came to light during the
course of the arbitration proceedings about the Grigorishin Defendants» conduct to get a freezing order.
A «Claim» is defined under the Policy as «a demand including service of suit or
institution of arbitration proceedings, for money against an Insured...» All Claims (written demand in letter form, suits, demands for arbitration, etc.) should be sent to:
Summary: The appellant objected to the creditors» right to be determined by
way of arbitration proceedings, alleging that the arbitration clause did not bind the creditors as it had been agreed...
The new tool provides parties with the AAA's standard arbitration agreement, in addition to an array of options parties may consider when drafting ADR clauses, including specifying the number of arbitrators; arbitrator qualifications; locale provisions; governing law; the
duration of arbitration proceedings; and whether to use arbitration, mediation, or both.
This was followed by s 44 of the Arbitration Act 1996, by virtue of which a Mareva could be granted off the
back of arbitration proceedings, including those taking place abroad.
«More African governments have now had actual
experience of arbitration proceedings against them, and the cost that those incur, so there is now a growing trend that governments shouldn't accept international arbitration clauses as easily, and that they tend to backfire against local governments.»
Court of Appeal Decision The Court of Appeal, in a judgment written by Mr. Justice Tang, the Vice President, with Madam Justice Kwan and Mr. Justice Fok concurring, indicated that its approach is to concern itself with the «structural
integrity of the arbitration proceedings».
Advising on a major negligence claim arising from the extensive refurbishment of a parliamentary building involving two
sets of arbitration proceedings and settled following two days of mediation.
Reasserting the
confidentiality of arbitration proceedings and the absence of any power on the part of the arbitrators or the Court to order consolidation, the Commercial Court has refused an insured's application for the appointment of a common third arbitrator across a series of arbitrations.
Whether the
notice of the arbitration proceedings had to be in the language used by the party receiving the notice (English) or whether notice in the agreed language of the arbitration (Russian) was sufficient.
«It is unlikely that the state Legislature in adopting the amendment to the Arbitration Act authorizing
consolidation of arbitration proceedings, intended to preclude a court from ordering classwide arbitration in an appropriate case.
Speaking generally, that is not surprising when the limited circumstances in which an English court can be persuaded to refuse enforcement of a New York Convention award concern, as I think, the structural integrity
of the arbitration proceedings.