Early into 2026, three superior courts decided whether a state's adherence to a multilateral convention waives its sovereign immunity at the enforcement stage. On 24 February 2026, the Singapore High…
On 17 April 2025, the London Commercial Court rendered a watershed judgment in CC/Devas (Mauritius) Ltd and Others v. India, finding that the ratification of the Convention on the Recognition and…
In a unanimous decision issued on 9 July 2025, the Portuguese Supreme Court of Justice ("STJ") declined to overturn a lower court’s ruling of February 2025 that recognised a 2014 ICSID arbitral award…
On 17 April 2025, in CC/Devas (Mauritius) Ltd and Others v. the Republic of India [2025] EWHC 964 (Comm), the Commercial Court in London handed down a landmark judgment that is reverberating in the…
In February 2025, the Court of Appeal of England & Wales unanimously dismissed Russia’s appeal against the English High Court’s decision that issue estoppel applies to its determination of the…
Another trip around the Sun has brought a wealth of notable developments. Courts across Canada have addressed a multitude of issues, including challenges to arbitrators due to reasonable apprehension…
In Republic of India v CCDM Holdings (2024 QCCA 1620), the Quebec Court of Appeal (“the Court”) recently confirmed that India had waived its immunity from enforcement and reinstated a pre-judgment…
The doctrine of immunity from execution, viewed as the "last bastion of State immunity", has traditionally shielded sovereign assets from being used to satisfy adverse arbitral awards. While…
On 1 November 2023, the English High Court (“EWHC”) delivered its decision in Hulley Enterprises Limited v. Russian Federation. The EWHC dismissed the jurisdictional challenge raised by the Russian…
