Mr Daniel Kahneman is a Nobel Prize winner in Economic Sciences, and the author of the bestselling book "Thinking, Fast and Slow". His book focuses on behavioural science, and explains how cognitive…
The recent decision in P v Q [2017] EWHC 148 (Comm) provided, for the first time, guidance on how a Court will approach an application for disclosure in support of an application to remove Arbitral…
The use of tribunal secretaries in arbitration is a hotly debated topic. For some time now, the use of a secretary has been increasing in the interests of cost and time efficiency. For some however,…
Readers of this blog will need no reminding that, in the Queen Mary-White & Case 2015 International Arbitration Survey, the seats of Hong Kong and Singapore were amongst the top five most preferred…
On 22 September 2016, the 1st Instance Court of Jundiaí – São Paulo dismissed a claim under Article 485, VII of the New Brazilian Civil Procedure Code (NBCPC) finding that the court lacked…
James Crawford described the principle of state immunity as "…a rule of international law that facilitates the performance of public functions by the state and its representatives by preventing them…
Modern institutional arbitration rules commonly provide for emergency relief at the outset of the arbitration either through the expedited formation of a tribunal or the appointment of an emergency…
In a 2014 speech delivered in Sydney entitled "Commercial Courts and International Arbitration – Competitors or Partners?", Michael Hwang SC, referring to the New York Convention on the Recognition…
The Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, which covers the district courts of New York, Connecticut and Vermont, was recently called to decide the effect that a vacatur of an award in the seat of…
