Pakistani Courts typically employ an expansive interpretation of the term ‘public policy’ when determining arbitrability of an international dispute or the enforcement of foreign arbitral awards. As…
On 13 January 2025, the government of Nepal promulgated an ordinance (“Ordinance”) amending the Nepalese Arbitration Act, 1999 (“Arbitration Act”). The Ordinance purports to modernise the arbitration…
In an attempt to modernize Pakistan’s legal regime on arbitration, the Law and Justice Commission of Pakistan assembled the Arbitration Law Review Committee (the “ALRC”), and tasked it to prepare a…
“Small is Beautiful”, a collection of essays by the economist E. F. Schumacher, was published first in 1973, more than 50 years ago. Schumacher’s basic thesis was that the latest, shiniest or most…
On 11 July 2023, Trinidad and Tobago (“T&T”) enacted the Arbitration Act 2023 (the “Act”) to significantly modernise the domestic and international arbitration legal framework of the country. The Act…
