THE ARBITRATION WORKSHOP INTERVIEWS PARTNER & HEAD OF INDIA DISPUTES NICHOLAS PEACOCK

25 January, 2021
As part of its series of interviews of practitioners in international arbitration, The Arbitration Workshop has interviewed London-based Partner and Head of India Disputes Nick Peacock. In the interview, Nick outlines his thoughts on trends in commercial and investment arbitration arising out of Covid-19, the Model Bilateral Investment Treaty of India, the ICSID-UNCITRAL Draft Code … Read more

ENGLISH COMMERCIAL COURT RELEASES S68 AND S69 STATISTICS FOR COURT YEAR 2019 – 2020: CHALLENGES DOWN AGAIN AND THE NON-INTERVENTIONIST APPROACH SUSTAINED

22 January, 2021
The Judiciary of England and Wales has published the minutes of the Commercial Court User Group Meeting that took place at the end of November 2020 (the “2020 Minutes”), providing updated information and statistics relating to challenges to arbitral awards under s68 Arbitration Act 1996 (the “Act”) and appeals on a point of law under … Read more

HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT FINDS THAT TWO INDIAN PARTIES CAN CHOOSE A FOREIGN SEAT OF ARBITRATION BUT CANNOT OBTAIN INTERIM RELIEF IN INDIAN COURTS

21 January, 2021
The Gujarat High Court (the “Court”) recently handed down a significant decision in GE Power Conversion India Private Limited v. PASL Wind Solutions Private Limited, Arbitration Petition No. 131 and 134 of 2019, confirming that two Indian parties are permitted to choose a foreign seat of arbitration, and that the award from such an arbitration … Read more