Topic: Non-signatories

A Hong Kong court has set aside a Swedish arbitrator’s US$18 million HKIAC award against a Chinese pipeline company relating to the Belt and Road initiative after concluding that the wrong entity was named as respondent.

09 March 2021

Luxembourg-based satellite operator SES has applied to enforce a costs award after fending off fraud claims brought by a Mexican business partner in an ICDR arbitration.

21 January 2021

The Swiss Supreme Court has ordered an ICC tribunal to reconsider its decision to uphold jurisdiction over claims against a South Korean subcontractor on a project to build a diesel power plant in Bangladesh.

14 December 2020

The High Court in London has dismissed most of a £185 million negligence suit against Pinsent Masons relating to a Chinese sportswear group’s missing assets – while refusing to stay the remainder of the claim on the basis of an HKIAC arbitration clause.

26 October 2020

The Court of Appeal of the Cayman Islands has enforced a Brazilian airline’s US$55 million ICC award against two private equity funds, ruling that the arbitrators were entitled to decide the case on a legal ground not pleaded by the parties.

19 August 2020

The Panamanian Supreme Court has partially annulled an award in favour of an Ecuadorean port authority that held affiliates of a Hong Kong conglomerate liable under a concession contract that they had not signed.

14 May 2019