By Matthias Scherer and Sam Moss, LALIVE
In a judgment dated 7 July 2014, which was made public on 20 August 2014 (case no. 4A_124/2014), the Swiss Federal Supreme Court (the “Supreme Court”)…
By Nicholas Fletcher QC and Victoria Clark of Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP
In the recent decision of Christian Kruppa v Alessandro Benedetti and Bertrand des Pallières [2014] EWHC 1887 (Comm), Mr…
By Justin D'Agostino and Timothy Hughes, Herbert Smith Freehills
The Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre ("HKIAC") has amended its Model Clauses in order to include an optional provision that…
A few days ago, this blog published an outsider’s perspective on the decision of the Supreme Court of India (SCI) in Reliance v Union of India (Reliance v Union of India, Civ App No. 5675 of 2014 …
A recent decision of the German Federal Supreme Court dated 8 May 2014 (case reference no. III ZR 371/12) again calls for a debate on the binding effect of an arbitration agreement for a non…
The potential intervention of Indian courts over foreign seated arbitrations is a hot topic in international arbitration. On 28 May 2014, the Supreme Court of India ("SCI") heated up the debate by…
In a case my business had a few years ago, the parties' contract specified expedited procedures under the AAA's Commercial Arbitration Rules. Immediately after the request for arbitration had been…
Co-authored by Georg von Segesser, Benjamin Moss and Aileen Truttmann, Schellenberg Wittmer
An arbitral tribunal's relationship to state courts remains a complex and often contested topic. A…
Uniform jurisprudence on Sovereign immunity still seems a long distance away in international sphere for the reason that the national laws and approaches adopted by the States govern this issue…
