In a significant development for the region, Mainland China and Hong Kong have announced a bilateral arrangement by which the Chinese courts will now recognise and enforce interim measures in support…
“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” (Anaïs Nin)
Introduction and background
On 12 July 2017, CMS Hong Kong and the Hong Kong…
In early March 2017, the Singapore High Court released a judgment in which it considered an important question of enforcement of investor-state awards.
In Josias Van Zyl v Kingdom of Lesotho [2017]…
Following the long-awaited release – on 1 July 2016 – of SIAC's new arbitration rules (“SIAC Rules 2016”), practitioners in and outside of Asia have enthusiastically supplied a flurry of commentary…
Any discussion on the Indian Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (the "Act") is incomplete without a reference to the scope of judicial interference introduced by the Supreme Court of India (the …
By a recent judgment in Malini Ventura v Knight Capital Pte Ltd and others [2015] SGHC 225 ("Malini"), the Singapore High Court affirmed its commitment to the primacy of arbitration even in…
In recent years, Russia has become a frequent respondent in investment treaty matters. This is a new development. There are currently at least ten treaty claims pending against Russia, with a number…
Introduction and background
Vladivostok is often perceived as the ‘capital’ of Russia’s Far East. It is also often portrayed, however, as Moscow’s backward colonial outpost, with few cars on the…
The National Commercial Arbitration Centre of the Kingdom of Cambodia (“NCAC”) was conceived in 2006, when Cambodia’s Commercial Arbitration Law entered into force. The initiative to create the…
