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In NWA & FSA v NVF & others [2021] EWHC 2666 (Comm) the English High Court has declined to set aside an award on the basis of failure to mediate a dispute before referring it to arbitration. Consistent with its reasoning in Sierra Leone v SL Mining (see our blogpost on that case here), the … Read more
In Manchester City Football Club Ltd v Football Association Premier League Ltd and others [2021] EWHC 628 (Comm), the English High Court considered Manchester City Football Club’s challenge to an arbitral award under sections 67 and 68 of the English Arbitration Act. In rejecting the challenge, the English Court provided useful guidance on construing arbitration … Read more
In PBO v DONPRO and others [2021] EWHC 1951 (Comm), the English High Court (the Court) allowed a number of challenges brought by PBO under s68 of the Arbitration Act 1996 (the Act) against an arbitral award rendered by the Federation of Cocoa Commerce (FCC) Board of Appeal (the Board). As such, this is an … Read more
In AT and others v Oil and Gas Authority [2021] EWHC 1470 (Comm), the High Court (the Court) considered an application by four claimants under s.44(3) of the Arbitration Act 1996 (the Act) for an order restraining the defendant from circulating a redacted version of a notice (the Notice) to third parties. The Court found … Read more
In Devas Multimedia America Inc and others v Antrix Corporation Ltd [2021] EWHC 1944 (Comm), the English High Court considered whether it has the power to allow parties to serve out of the jurisdiction an application to join third parties to an existing court judgment for the enforcement of an arbitral award. That award was … Read more
In Mount Wellington Mine Ltd v Renewable Energy Co-Operative Ltd [2021] EWHC 1486 (Ch), the English High Court considered a challenge to the jurisdiction of an arbitrator under s. 67 of the Arbitration Act 1996 (the Act). The Claimant, a landlord, sought to challenge an arbitral award which upheld the jurisdiction of the arbitrator in … Read more
In Tugushev v Orlov and others [2021] EWHC 926 (Comm), the English High Court refused to grant a defendant permission to pursue two claims against a co-defendant on the basis that they had agreed to refer them to arbitration. However, permission was granted for a third claim, despite the fact that the applicant had pursued … Read more
In STA v OFY [2021] EWHC 1574 (Comm), the English High Court refused to grant an extension of time to an applicant seeking to challenge an arbitral award under s68 of the Arbitration Act 1996 (the “Act“), in circumstances where the applicant had let lapse a prior extension order. The Court’s analysis in this case … Read more
In the recent decision in Armada Ship Management (S) Pte Ltd v Schiste Oil and Gas Nigeria Ltd [2021] EWHC 1094 (Comm) the English High Court (the “Court“) considered a rare application under s32 Arbitration Act 1996 (the “Act“) to determine a preliminary point of jurisdiction in circumstances where the arbitration clause was unclear on … Read more
