The decision in Company A and Others v Company B and Others [2018] HKCU 3575 confirms that Hong Kong courts can order interim relief in support of an arbitration, even against a person or entity which is not party to… Read more

The European Federation for Investment Law and Arbitration (EFILA) will be holding its third Annual Conference on 5 February 2018 at the Senate House in London. The conference will focus on four topics: non-disputing third parties and their influence on… Read more

In GMR Energy Limited v. Doosan Power Systems India Private Limited, the Delhi High Court confirmed that two Indian parties can contract to have a foreign seat of arbitration (in this case, Singapore), and also ruled that a non-party to… Read more

On 25 January 2017, the Full Federal Court of Australia dismissed Trina Solar US, Inc.’s (Trina) appeal from an earlier decision of a single Federal Court Judge not to exercise residual discretion to refuse Jasmin Solar Pty Ltd (Jasmin) leave to… Read more

The Paris Court of Appeal has upheld a challenge to an International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) investment treaty award (Cour D'Appel de Paris, Pole 1 - Chambre 1, 15 March 2016, n° 14/19164). This is the latest instalment in the… Read more

In a decision dated 5 May 2015 (Cass. Com. 5 mai 2015, 14-16.644, available at: https://www.courdecassation.fr/jurisprudence_2/chambre_commerciale_574/424_5_31676.html) concerning French domestic arbitration law, the French Supreme Court (Cour de cassation) accepted, for the first time, that a joint guarantor could challenge an… Read more

In The Titan Unity (No. 2) [2014] SGHCR 04, an Assistant Registrar refused to grant, amongst others, a party's application for an order that it be allowed to join arbitration proceedings that were on foot.  The Singapore court refused the… Read more

In a recent decision,[1] the Supreme Court of Victoria rejected a New Zealand company’s application to stay a third party claim against it. The NZ company argued that that the claim was required to be referred to arbitration and that… Read more