This blogpost updates our previous analysis on the Australis case (link). In that earlier blogpost, we discussed the award (“Award”) rendered by an arbitral tribunal in Chile in a high-profile…
On 13 July 2026, Uzbekistan adopted a new Constitutional Law establishing the Tashkent International Financial Center as a special jurisdiction with its own legal regime (“Constitutional Law”). The…
Papua New Guinea’s (“PNG”) arbitration reforms have moved from the statute book to the courtroom. The Arbitration (Domestic) Act 2024 (“DAA”) and Arbitration (International) Act 2024 (“IAA”) were…
In CCC v AAC [2025] HKCFI 2987 (“Judgment”), the Hong Kong Court of First Instance (Sir William Blair) ("Court") held that service of a Notice of Arbitration was validly issued via a link contained…
On 28 October 2025, the Asia Civil Law Summit was presented as an official event of the Seoul ADR Festival 2025, with four rounds of discussions exploring the history, present, and outlook of civil…
Competence-competence is fundamental to arbitration. It prevents costly and onerous court proceedings from frustrating the dispute resolution process. For competence-competence to be effective,…
In the case of Parkdenton Ltd v Euro General Retail Ltd t/a EuroGiant [2024] IEHC 387 (Nolan J) a set aside application pursuant to two of the four grounds as per Article 34 of the UNCITRAL Model Law…
In a noteworthy decision, the German Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof, “BGH”) (Case No. I ZB 34/23, 11 July 2024 – “Decision”) addressed the German arbitration law provision mirroring…
Since 2019, Working Group (“WG”) V of UNCITRAL has been working on the adoption of a choice of law instrument that regulates the law applicable to the international effects of insolvency proceedings…
