The LCIA announced yesterday that it is introducing a package of updates. The updates include a revised Schedule of Costs and revised terms and conditions, both of which will come into effect on 1 December 2023. The LCIA has also updated its policy on receipt of funds, and published an updated Guidance Note for Parties … Read more

The Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC) has released its latest update to the AIAC arbitration rules, following their last update in 2021. The new rules came into effect on 24 August 2023 and apply to all arbitrations under the AIAC, unless otherwise agreed by parties. The latest update reflects AIAC’s aim of further modernising its … Read more

The Hong Kong Court of First Instance has set aside an HKIAC award on jurisdiction at the request of the claimant, overturning the tribunal’s ruling that a party seeking to be joined to the arbitration and substituted in the claimant’s place was the true principal to the contract (R v. A, B and C [2023] … Read more

The Hong Kong Court of First Instance has stayed tortious claims relating to “trademark squatting” commenced pursuant to an exclusive jurisdiction clause in favour of CIETAC arbitration in the PRC (Sesderma, S.L. v Seeky International Limited and Golong Co., Ltd [2023] HKCFI 1619). Read more

The Supreme Peoples’ Court of the People’s Republic of China (SPC) has recently announced that the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC) is to be included in the China International Commercial Court’s (CICC) “One-Stop” Platform for Diversified International Commercial Dispute Resolution (“One-Stop” Platform). According to the Rules of the Supreme People’s Court on International Commercial … Read more

Summary In a further decision in the long-running G v X matter (see our previous blog post here), the Hong Kong court has decided to stay enforcement of a CIETAC award pending a challenge to the award at the seat of arbitration in Beijing.  The stay was granted in deference to the jurisdiction of the … Read more

The LCIA has released its Annual Casework Report for 2021, showing that disputes in the Banking and Finance sector represented the LCIA’s biggest industry sector in 2021, overtaking Energy and Resources disputes. The 2021 Report shows that 26% of disputes registered with the LCIA in 2021 relate to the sector. The LCIA saw a corresponding … Read more

It has just been announced that the LCIA Board has, on the recommendation of the LCIA Court, reappointed Paula Hodges QC to lead the LCIA Court as President for a second term. First appointed in 2019, Paula served her three-year term alongside LCIA Director General Dr Jacomijn van Haersolte-van Hof. Before this, Paula served as … Read more