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Singapore High Court decisions show active support for arbitration

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • Singapore
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  • March 11 2013

Singapore has long been favoured as a seat for international arbitration by Japanese and multinational companies alike. With many Japanese companies

The competence-competence doctrine and the enforcement of arbitral awards

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • Pakistan, United Kingdom
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  • January 25 2011

In our January 2009 newsletter, we reported on the English High Court judgment in Dallah Real Estate & Tourism Holding Co v Ministry of Religious Affairs, Government of Pakistan

Unilateral jurisdiction clauses may not always be effective

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • February 12 2013

Dispute resolution clauses that give one party the right to choose where disputes will be resolved are not uncommon, particularly in finance

Dispute resolution clauses and the importance of drafting

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • May 14 2010

A dispute resolution clause is an agreement within a contract which sets out the mechanism for the resolution of disputes between the contractual parties

Developments in agreements to negotiate in good faith

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • Australia
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  • January 15 2010

In our January 2005 newsletter, we compared the English, New York, Indonesian and French approaches to the obligation to negotiate in good faith

Dispute resolution clauses: achieving certainty in contractual drafting

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • Japan
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  • March 18 2009

An important issue for Japanese parties entering into contracts with international counterparties is the mechanism for the resolution of disputes and in particular, the familiar choice between arbitration and litigation

International arbitration: documentary evidence and the revised IBA rules

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • Global
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  • September 16 2010

Arbitration is increasingly the preferred dispute resolution mechanism in international commercial contracts

AJU v AJT 2011 SGCA 41

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • Singapore
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  • October 31 2011

The Singapore Court of Appeal has reaffirmed that the public policy ground for challenging an arbitral award will be interpreted very narrowly by the Singapore courts, overturning a previous High Court decision

Is China becoming more open to foreign arbitration institutions?

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • China
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  • April 1 2010

In previous newsletters we have discussed China's restrictive stance towards foreign arbitration institutions

Discrimination and arbitration: English Court of Appeal sets restrictions on the freedom of the arbitral process

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • October 30 2010

On 22 June 2010, the English Court of Appeal held, in Jivraj v Hashwani, that specifying religious criteria for the appointment of an arbitrator in an arbitration clause in a commercial contract rendered the clause void