In this article, the authors comment upon a recent decision of the High Court of New Zealand (“High Court”), McCracken v Boyer [2025] NZHC 546 (“McCracken”), concerning a challenge to an arbitral…
International arbitration can be reasonably attributed to the crème de la crème of the legal profession. This is especially true when counsel represents governmental interests in either investment or…
Following the Blog’s established tradition, this post provides an overview of key developments in the field of arbitration in a selection of jurisdictions in Eastern Europe. This year’s highlights…
On 7 November 2024, the SCC Arbitration Institute (“SCC”) hosted a discussion on security for costs in international arbitration, with Anna Joubin-Bret, Secretary of UNCITRAL; Dr. Faris Nasrallah,…
This is the third post in ICCA's series of reports on the ICCA 2024 Congress (“Congress”), which took place in Hong Kong. This post reports on the events of Tuesday, 7 May 2024, the second full day…
On 5 February 2024, the Dubai Court of Cassation (“DCC”) issued a judgment in Commercial Case No. 821/2023 (“DCC Judgment”). It upheld an earlier judgment of the Dubai Court of Appeal (“CoA”) which…
On the first day of the 2023 Seoul ADR Festival, Secretariat Advisors hosted a double feature of panels relating to arbitration costs. The first panel focusing on the recovery of arbitration costs…
In a judgment issued by the Dubai Court of Cassation (“COC”) on 8 June 2023 (Dubai Court of Cassation No. 1514/2022 Commercial), the COC confirmed that the condition precedent of referring the…
The 2022 report of Colombia’s National Agency for Legal Defense of the State (the “Agency”) provides insightful information about costs in investment arbitration (the “2022 Report”). Based on a…
