In the recent case of Daiichi Chuo Kisen Kaisha v Chubb Seguros Brasil [2020] EWHC 1223 (Comm) (available here) the English High Court granted an anti-suit injunction to compel a claimant to discontinue Brazilian court proceedings which it had pursued in breach of an undertaking not to pursue the relevant contractual claim otherwise than through … Read more

The English High Court recently heard an application under s24(1)(a) of the 1996 Arbitration Act (the “Act”) to remove the arbitrator agreed in the arbitration agreement, on the grounds of apparent bias. The challenge was based on the fact that the arbitrator in question had, until recently, been an employee of one of the parties … Read more

On 8 June 2020, the Russian President signed a new federal law (No.171-FZ), which will significantly change the dispute resolution landscape involving Russian sanctioned individuals and entities. It will come into force on 19 June 2020. It is significant as it provides for exclusive jurisdiction of the Russian state arbitrazh (commercial) courts with respect to … Read more

In Times Trading Corporation v National Bank of Fujairah (Dubai Branch) [2020] EWHC 1078 (Comm) the English High Court (the “Court”) granted an anti-suit injunction, restraining National Bank of Fujairah (Dubai Branch) (“NBF”) from continuing its claims in the Singapore High Court in breach of an arbitration clause, despite the fact that the existence of … Read more

In Reliance Industries Ltd and another company v The Union of India [2020] EWHC 263 (Comm), the English Commercial Court (the “Court”) considered a series of challenges under sections 67 and 68 of the Arbitration Act 1996 (the “Act”) to a further award (the “Further Award”) made on issues remitted to the Tribunal after earlier … Read more

In a recent decision (available on an anonymised basis here), the English High Court (the “Court”) considered a claimant (“C”)’s claim for its costs of an application under section 24 (“s24”) of the Arbitration Act 1996 (the “Arbitration Act”) for the removal of an arbitrator (“X”) from LCIA arbitration proceedings (the “LCIA Arbitration”). X had … Read more

In SAS Institute Inc v World Programming Limited [2020] EWCA Civ 599, the English Court of Appeal granted an anti-enforcement injunction in part, preventing enforcement of a US judgment in respect of assets in England and Wales. In an interesting example of an interplay between intellectual property (“IP”) claims and arbitration, the Court of Appeal held … Read more

Recently, the Constitutional Chamber of the Venezuelan Supreme Court of Justice (the “Court”) issued an interlocutory judgment ordering the Business Center for Conciliation and Arbitration (CEDCA) to stay an arbitration and to forward the arbitration file in order to decide on a request for “avocamiento” filed by one of the parties before the Court. Read more