On 31 March 2025, the Supreme Court of Queensland (the “Court”) in Clarke Energy (Australia) Pty Ltd v Power Generation Corporation (Trading as Territory Generation) [2025] QSC 64 (the “Primary…
Vietnam recently implemented sweeping reforms to streamline its government structure including its court system. Vietnam has also created an international financial centre (“IFC”) that is subject to…
In a tribunal comprising three members, a unanimous arbitral award depicts the agreement of all members to the award. It has been argued that a single arbitrator’s bias in such a tribunal does not…
As part of Paris Arbitration Week 2025, the Arbitration Association of Central and Eastern Europe (“ArbCEE”) hosted a roundtable discussion on “The Annulment of Arbitral Awards in the CEE.” The event…
The Lahore High Court’s recent judgment in SpaceCom International, LLC v Wateen Telecom Ltd 2024 LHC 5494 (“SpaceCom”) is a landmark pronouncement that seeks to establish a balanced and principled…
Can a party refuse to participate in an arbitration, and thereafter challenge the arbitral award on the ground that the arbitrator failed to consider a point which was not put in issue? The Singapore…
Following the Blog’s tradition of “year-in-review” series, this post reflects on the key arbitration developments in the Netherlands in 2024. What emerges from this review is the Netherlands’ strong…
In the recent Singapore High Court (“Court”) case of DJA v DJB [2024] SGHCR 10 (“DJA v DJB”), the Court was tasked with determining the novel question of whether the general legal principles for an…
On 12 July 2024, more than 25 years after adopting its current arbitration law, the German government agreed on a draft reform law (“Draft Law”). It is based on a White Paper issued in April 2023 …