This is the 1st part of the report highlighting the most significant arbitration related decisions of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court (the "Supreme Court") issued in 2019.
Arbitrability
In the…
The debate around the 'extension' of arbitration agreements has, once again, been placed under the spotlight in Brazil. The Brazilian Superior Court of Justice ('SCJ') recently considered the issue…
The Delhi High Court (Court) recently rendered a decision in GMR v. Doosan (“GMR”) on two critical points related to Indian arbitration– a) joinder of non-signatories to arbitration and b) whether…
Arbitration in Brazil has come a long way since the passing of the Brazilian Arbitration Act in 1996 (the “BAA”). The BAA has its origins in the UNCITRAL Model Law and even though it preceded Brazil…
An extension of arbitration agreements to non-signatories has been a much discussed topic, also on this blog. Here is an insight from Croatian courts:
In a judgment issued on 2 September 2014 (VSRH…
and Katherine Bell, Schellenberg Wittmer
In 2014, the Swiss Supreme Court rendered 32 decisions on petitions to set aside international arbitral awards. Consistent with a traditionally low success…
1. I have written elsewhere about the extension of the arbitration clause to non-signatories in situations that have been identified as the doctrines of the “group of companies” and the assumption of…
In April 2014, Tiulei Hagalil and Klal Teufa, two Israeli companies providing tourism and flight services, commenced an action against Royal Jordanian Airlines and two other respondents in the…
In the recent decision of the Tel-Aviv District Court in S. Elia Holdings Ltd. and Arie Shasha v. Ron Itzhaky, the plaintiffs were effectively estopped from bringing claims against a non-signatory…
