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More than 60 arbitration practitioners have condemned the decision of Spanish authorities to bring criminal charges against Gonzalo Stampa over his role as the arbitrator who issued a US$15 billion award against Malaysia.

31 May 2023

The Paris Court of Appeal has upheld an ICC award in favour of Libya’s national oil company, rejecting arguments that tribunal chair Hilary Heilbron KC lacked impartiality because another barrister at her London chambers acted as counsel to Libya in a separate case.

31 May 2023

India’s Reliance Infrastructure has challenged a US$146 million SIAC award in favour of a Chinese energy group over the supply of equipment for a coal-fired power station – as a second arbitration continues.

31 May 2023

A New York court has lifted an attachment over assets held by rapper Kanye West and his Yeezy shoe brand, obtained by Adidas pending JAMS proceedings the sportswear brand filed after it ended their partnership following his antisemitic and racist rants.

30 May 2023

Emirati logistics group DP World has asked a DC court to enforce a US$200 million LCIA award against Djibouti – months after the court enforced an award in a separate arbitration over the same port facility on the Red Sea.

30 May 2023

The High Court of Delhi has ruled that third-party funders should not be liable to pay adverse awards where they are not party to the arbitration agreement or arbitral proceedings, saying “third-party funding is essential to ensure access to justice”.

30 May 2023

A French-Mauritian businessman whose US$1 billion investment treaty claim against Mauritius was dismissed five years ago because of his dual nationality has lost a final bid to challenge the decision in the Belgian courts.

29 May 2023

A French court has upheld an ICC award issued in favour of a Saudi energy company over its collapsed deal to buy Spanish wind farms, finding that the tribunal did not violate procedure by conducting a hearing virtually during the pandemic.

29 May 2023

A Djibouti state-owned entity has failed to overturn a liability award issued by Maxi Scherer as sole arbitrator in an LCIA dispute with Emirati logistics group DP World over a port facility on the Red Sea.

26 May 2023

An ICC panel is hearing a Lebanese businessman’s bid to revive a US$120 million claim against US-based Marriott International over a Beirut hotel that has spawned multiple arbitrations over the past two decades.

26 May 2023