In the summer of 2009, an ICSID tribunal ruled that various orders of the Bangladeshi courts that cumulatively denied Saipem (an Italian company) the benefits of an ICC award made in its favour…
Jerome Martin, Senior Associate at law firm Clyde & Co talks to Dubai Eye's Business Breakfast radio show about Dispute Resolution in Saudi Arabia. I am posting this note and the link to listen…
Almost every country of the world has seen an enormous increase in the involvement of the State in economic activity over the past century. This trend is particularly pronounced in those economies,…
Videocon Industries Ltd. Vs. Union Of India & Anr. (on 11 May, 2011)
The Supreme Court of India (the SCI) recently added to the contentious line of authority beginning with its ruling in Bhatia…
If you’ve been watching the headlines this month, you may have noticed that the United States of America has launched a novel arbitration against the Republic of Guatemala.
The claim alleges that…
Empirical research shows that modern law students, at least at post-graduate level, wish to have some options to learn something about the skills of 'lawyering'. Students often say that they want to…
The High Court of the Canton of Zurich had to examine in a recent case whether the allegedly false testimony of a witness in arbitration proceedings was punishable under the Article 307 of the Swiss…
In Galsworthy Ltd of the Republic of Liberia v Glory of Wealth Shipping Pte Ltd [2010] SGHC 304 (“Galsworthy”), the Singapore High Court held that a losing party to an arbitration seeking to…
In a decision dated 14 June 2011 and published on 7 July 2011, the Swiss Federal Supreme Court dismissed an appeal to set aside an arbitral award holding that the right to the appointment of an…
The recent global financial crisis has had a significant effect on the types of disputes submitted to arbitration in the major Asia-Pacific financial centres. Arbitration centres have responded with…