Arbitration has been a preferred method for resolving disputes in international commercial and investment transactions globally. Ghana’s Alternative Dispute Resolution Act, 2010 (“ADR Act”) was…
A few years ago, the government of Uganda embarked on Rationalization of Government Agencies and Expenditure (RAPEX) Reform to eradicate structural and functional duplications, mandate overlaps, and…
Recently, the UK Arbitration Act received royal assent, bringing in several important changes. The commentators have been quick to discuss these changes from various angles, including, for example,…
In line with the global movement of reform in Europe (see previous posts on recent reforms in the UK, Germany, Luxembourg, Italy, Greece and Switzerland) and worldwide (e.g. China or Nepal), France…
On 20 March 2025, a working group consisting of arbitration practitioners, judges, arbitrators, and academics submitted a report to the French Minister of Justice. The report included proposals to…
Arbitration Act 1996 (“1996 Act”) marked its Silver Jubilee on 31 January 2022, followed by modifications proposed by the Law Commission to uphold its status as a landmark piece of legislation and…
For decades, Italy was one of the very few countries in the world that prohibited arbitrators from granting interim relief. The situation changed in 2022 with the so-called “Cartabia” Reform, named…
Is there a statute of limitations applicable in France to requests for enforcement of foreign arbitral awards? On 10 December 2024, the Versailles Court of Appeal (the “Court”) responded in the…
In a year marked in France by the Paris Olympics and political instability, 2024 proved to be somewhat less eventful in terms of arbitration-related developments than previous ones (see 2023, 2022,…
