Facts and Procedural BackgroundOn 25 November 2025, the Paris Court of Appeal dismissed an application to set aside an arbitral award rendered on 10 March 2022 under the ICC Rules in a dispute…
2025 was a year of transition for France being in the midst of reforming its arbitration law. This post highlights significant developments and judicial decisions of the past year. Reform of French…
For a very long time, certain UAE courts used to refuse the enforcement of awards that were signed only on the last page, while other courts allowed enforcement of such awards. The position on this…
Traditionally, arbitration commentary has held that arbitrators, unlike courts, lack imperium —meaning they do not possess enforcement powers. In other words, arbitrators have never been regarded as…
In an interesting decision, the English Commercial Court dismissed an application brought by Colin Reen and K.M. Dastur Holdings Limited (the “Applicants”), who were the defendants in several…
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 3 January 2025, the Constitutional Court of Indonesia (“Constitutional Court”) issued Decision No. 100/PUU-XXII/2024 ("Decision 100") which declared certain wording in Law No. 30 of 1999…
In SpaceCom v Wateen Telecom, SpaceCom applied to the Lahore High Court (the “LHC”) for recognition and enforcement of awards rendered by a DIFC-LCIA tribunal (the “Tribunal”) under the Recognition…
What had to be a simple touch-and-go on the Curaçao, Caribbean airport for Venezuelan airline Albatros (officially named Alianza Glancelot C.A., “Albatros”) became a longer-term storage exercise of…
