With its launch underway, the Patent Mediation and Arbitration Centre (“PMAC”) is set to become the new hub for resolving patent disputes outside of court. The PMAC was established under the same…
On 1 August 2025, the CJEU handed down its judgment (the “Judgment”) in C‑600/23, Royal Football Club Seraing SA v. Fédération internationale de football association (FIFA), et al. (“RFC Seraing”).It…
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…
Pending the enforcement of arbitral awards, award-creditors often apply to the courts for provisional measures to freeze the debtor’s assets, in order to secure the execution of arbitral awards.This…
On July 23, 2025, the International Court of Justice ("ICJ" or "Court") delivered a unanimous advisory opinion on the Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change that is poised to…
On 10 July 2025, the Grand Chamber (“GC”) of the European Court of Human Rights (“ECtHR”) issued its judgment on the application brought by South African athlete Mokgadi Caster Semenya against…
When I first proposed a new course, “International Economic Dispute Resolution: Law and Politics”, for the LLM in International Economic Law stream at the City University of Hong Kong, I was excited…
A foreign arbitral award that provides for a payment obligation that is contrary to EU sanctions violates public order pursuant to Article V(2)(b) of the New York Convention and thus cannot be…
On 20 June 2025, Knowles J of King's Bench Division issued his judgment in Ras Al Khaimah Investment Authority v Republic of India [2025] EWHC 1553 (Comm) overturning the award (the "Award") of a…
The Swiss Arbitration Centre's Supplemental Swiss Rules for Trust, Estate, and Foundation Disputes ("TEF Rules"), accompanied by an Explanatory Note, came into force on 1 July 2025. They mark an…
