Exorbitant jurisdiction is generally described as comprising domestic courts’ powers in cross-border litigation to assume jurisdiction based on a very thin (although in the courts’ view sufficient…
Chair: Klaus Reichert SC (London)
Main Speakers: Dr. Aloysius Llamzon (The Hague), Anthony Sinclair (London)
Commentators: Utku Cosar (Istanbul), Carolyn B. Lamm (Washington, DC)
Rapporteur:…
By Roland Ziadé and Claudia Cavicchioli, Linklaters LLP
On 17 December 2013, the Paris Court of Appeal added a new chapter to the Jnah vs. Marriott saga, when it ruled on an action to set aside an…
A judgment of the European Court of 17 October 2013 (C-184/12) honors gold plated provisions when considered mandatory. Member state courts are allowed to consider their national gold-plating (the…
and Afolabi Euba and Hamid Abdulkareem, Aluko & Oyebode, Lagos, Nigeria
In the course of 2012, a number of injunctions have been issued by Nigerian courts to stop arbitrations commenced by…
In a recent decision, the Mauritian Supreme Court has roundly rejected a challenge to an arbitrator’s jurisdiction brought under section 20 of the Mauritian International Arbitration Act 2008, and in…
By Crenguta Leaua and Stefan Dudas (Leaua & Asociatii)
A new Code of Civil Procedure (CCP) including two separate sections on domestic and international arbitration entered into force in Romania on…
Akbar the Great once drew with his royal hand a line in the sand. He then told his wise men that if they wanted to keep their jobs, they must invent a way to make the line shorter without touching…
In Part I of my post, the revised "Brussels I" Regulation (Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 of 22 December 2000 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and…
