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DESPITE HEAVY CRITICISM OF THE RATIONALE, BRITISH COURT REFUSES TO ENFORCE...
The British High Court of Justice recently decided not to enforce an arbitral award in a dispute over the calculation of the purchase price of a Russian metallurgical company where a Russian court set...
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ENGLAND’S HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE UPHOLDS ARBITRATION AWARD FINDING NO “SERIOUS...
Claimant’s application under s. 68(2)(d) of the Arbitration Act 1996 alleged serious irregularity in the award of an arbitral tribunal alleging the tribunal failed to deal with all the issues that were...
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LONG-TIME REINSURANCE ATTORNEY RULED NOT QUALIFIED TO ARBITRATE 9/11 WORLD...
An attorney with “considerably more than ten years’ experience of insurance and reinsurance law” has been deemed unqualified to arbitrate a reinsurance dispute stemming from the September 11, 2001...
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ENGLISH HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE ORDERS DISCLOSURE OF BANK’S RECORDS RELATED TO...
In a proceeding seeking an order for disclosure of documents from Barclays Bank, the English High Court of Justice considered the scope of the agency involved in a run-off agreement between a...
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U.K. COURT FINDS ARBITRATION RESPONDENT DID NOT WAIVE OBJECTION TO...
The Queen’s Bench Division of the U.K.’s High Court of Justice has reversed a partial award by a tribunal of the London Court of International Arbitration (“LCIA”), which held that an arbitration...
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U.K. Court Of Appeal Finds Experienced “Insurance Or Reinsurance” Lawyers Are...
The U.K. Court of Appeal has held that an arbitration clause commonly found in London market excess of loss reinsurance treaties does not prohibit the appointment of insurance or reinsurance lawyers to...
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Court of Appeal of England and Wales Finds That Party’s Forgery of Documents...
The Court of Appeal of England and Wales has rejected a challenge to an arbitration award issued by the China International Trade Arbitration Commission (the “Tribunal”) against RBRG Trading (UK)...
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In Deepwater Horizon Arbitration, UK Appellate Court Declines to Remove...
The underlying case concerned the 2010 explosion and fire on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, when a well which was in the process of being plugged and temporarily abandoned,...
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English Court Holds that Discovery Given by U.S. Citizen Pursuant to a 28...
This English court case involved arguments by Dreymoor Fertilisers Overseas Pte. Ltd. (“Dreymoor”), a Singapore trading company, to prevent EuroChem Trading GmbH, a Swiss company, and JSC MCC EuroChem,...
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English High Court Refuses to Set Aside an Order for Enforcement of an...
This case relates to a dispute between Eastern European Engineering Ltd. (“EEEL”) and Vijay Construction (Proprietary) Ltd. (“VCL”), both of which are incorporated in the Seychelles, arising out of the...
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