Continuing with the trend of previous years, 2024 saw continued development throughout the region. In Australia, we saw an influx of meaningful, pro-arbitration court decisions, in the Pacific…
Can an arbitral tribunal revisit issues of liability after rendering an interim award in bifurcated proceedings? This was the question put to the High Court of Australia (the “Court”) in CBI…
Greenwashing has become a key target of regulators and climate activists alike, as they bring claims against companies who now face fines, litigation and potential brand damage for misrepresenting…
Australian Arbitration Week continued in full force on the morning of 16 October 2024, with ACICA45’s panel discussion named, “Filling in the Gaps: Inferences, Presumptions, and Burdens of Proof,”…
On 15 October 2024, Norton Rose Fulbright hosted a breakfast panel discussion on the topic of “Hot Cakes and Hot Takes: Trends and Developments in Asia’s Energy Sector” in Brisbane as part of…
Judith Levine is the President of the Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (“ACICA”). Judith has been a long-serving member of ACICA and was one of its Vice-Presidents before…
On 7 August 2024, the High Court of Australia (“Court”) delivered judgment in the much-anticipated Tesseract International v Pascale Construction [2024] HCA 24 in which the Court held that…
On 4 August 2023, in an investor-State dispute settlement (“ISDS) arbitration commenced against Australia on 29 March 2023 under the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (“ASEAN”) Australia New…
The judgment of the Singapore Court of Appeal (“Court”) in Voltas Ltd v York International Pte Ltd [2024] SGCA 12 (“Voltas v York”) helpfully settles the question of whether or not an arbitrator is…
In Carmichael Rail Network Pty Ltd v BBC Chartering Carriers GmbH & Co KG [2024] HCA 4 (“Carmichael v BBC”), the High Court of Australia (“High Court”) upheld a stay of proceedings in the Federal…
