As part of the 2025 edition of the London International Disputes Week ("LIDW"), Osborne Partners, A&O Shearman and Eversheds Sutherland hosted a panel on "Arbitration in Emerging Industries (Tech,…
On 17 January 2025, Mr. Justice Miles handed down judgment in Djanogly v Djanogly [2025] EWHC 61 (Ch), a case involving a long and bitter family dispute between a son, Saul Djanogly (“Son”), and a…
The UniCredit saga has taken an unexpected turn, and the cascading legal drama shows no signs of abating. The English Court of Appeal (“EWCA”) in its recent decision dated 11th February 2025 (‘…
The freezing injunction, famously referred to as one of the law’s “nuclear weapons,” is a remedy developed for the purposes of preventing a judgment debtor (or potential judgment debtor) from…
In UniCredit Bank GmbH v RusChemAlliance LLC [2024] UKSC 30 (UniCredit), the UK Supreme Court unanimously confirmed that anti-suit injunctions (ASIs) could be issued by English courts in support of…
The doctrine of sovereign immunity has long been a cornerstone of international law, shielding states from enforcement actions. Sovereign immunity can be subdivided in two: immunity from jurisdiction…
2024 has been another fruitful year for arbitration developments in the British Isles. As part of the 2024 Year in Review series, this post considers the key judicial, legislative and institutional…
On 9 August 2024, the Commercial High Court of England and Wales (the “Court”) has declined to set aside the Permanent Court of Arbitration (“PCA”) investment award issued in Diag & Mr. Josef Stava v…
In Aiteo Eastern E & P Company Ltd v Shell Western Supply and Trading Ltd & Ors [2024] EWHC 1993 (Comm) (01 August 2024), the Commercial Court considered in detail the principles set out in…
