Premium article - December 23, 2009
The Supreme Court of Victoria has announced the creation of an arbitration list, to be managed by Clyde Croft, a recently elevated judge who as a leading barrister often represented Australian interests in international arbitration.
Premium article - December 23, 2009
An Israeli oil company that believes it lost an LCIA arbitration because of fraud by its opponent has failed to persuade a London court to set aside the award.
Premium article - December 23, 2009
A Swiss court has said a party that signed the minutes of an unsuccessful conciliation, and thereby agreed to refer a case to local court, did not waive its right to arbitration, after deciding that the Chinese firm's real intention was to accelerate a reference to arbitration not forgo it.
Premium article - December 23, 2009
Shearman & Sterling LLP has promoted Mark McNeill, a US lawyer in the firm's international arbitration group in Paris, to partner.
Premium article - December 23, 2009
In a decision that some see as having more impact on practice than West Tankers, England's Court of Appeal has held that a Spanish ruling about an arbitration must be given effect under EU law.
Premium article - December 21, 2009
British arbitrators V V Veeder QC and Franklin Berman have been chosen to chair two newly constituted tribunals at ICSID - one will deal with a gold mine in El Salvador, while the other is deciding the fate of a poultry producer in Ukraine.
Premium article - December 21, 2009
Arbitrators and counsel have been reacting to the recent challenge of an arbitrator hearing an ICSID case for talking to the press, and considering what it might mean for the dissemination of scientific information in the field.
Premium article - December 21, 2009
The head of Lovells' international arbitration practice says the firm's merger with Hogan & Hartson will broaden its reach in Europe and enable it to pick up more work in Latin America and the Middle East.
Premium article - December 21, 2009
French conglomerate Vivendi looks to be a step closer to collecting €1.9 billion from long-standing opponent-in-arbitration Elektrim, after a Polish appeal court agreed to enforce an LCIA award, rejecting arguments that Elektrim's bankruptcy was an intervening event that cancelled the arbitration clause.
Premium article - December 21, 2009
The 'China International Arbitration Club' - launched last week - will be a "bridge" between the Chinese and foreign international arbitration communities, its chairman hopes.