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California federal court finds that issue of whether commutation terminated certain reinsurance contracts was for the arbitration panel to decide

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 12 2010

Petitioner Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada ("Sun Life") moved to confirm an arbitration award against Respondents Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Golden Eagle Insurance Corporation and San Diego Insurance Company

High Court rules that any issue covered by a tribunal's terms of reference cannot be adjudicated in a subsequent arbitration

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • February 4 2010

In LIDL v Just Fitness Ltd 2010 EWHC 39 (Ch) the Court was asked to decide whether an arbitrator had jurisdiction to determine a particular issue in a dispute, which was alleged to have been addressed in a previous arbitration

Enforceability of Hong Kong arbitral awards in mainland China

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • China, Hong Kong
  • -
  • February 2 2010

The Supreme People's Court of the People's Republic of China recently issued a letter on 30 December 2009 to all Higher People's Courts in mainland China confirming that ad hoc arbitral awards made in Hong Kong and those arbitral awards made in Hong Kong by the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce and other foreign arbitration institutions are enforceable in mainland China in accordance with the Arrangement concerning Mutual Enforcement of Arbitral Awards between mainland China and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region signed in 1999 (the "Arrangement"

Incorporation of arbitration clauses by general words

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • February 1 2010

Habas Sinai Ve Tibbi Gazlar Isthisal Endustri As ("Habas") v Sometal S.A.L. 2010 EWHC 29 (Comm) concerned an application to set aside an interim final award on jurisdiction and costs made by an arbitral tribunal by which the tribunal accepted jurisdiction to entertain a claim made by Sometal S.A.L. for breach of contract

District court denies motion to stay, holds that potential for unnecessary arbitration-related expenses does not constitute irreparable harm or clear hardship

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 22 2010

Plaintiff B.D. Cooke & Partners Limited, as Assignee of Citizens Casualty Company of New York (in Liquidation) (“Cooke”), filed a lawsuit against defendant Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s, London (“Underwriters”

Ninth Circuit confirms arbitration award, holds that panel’s ex parte meeting with certain expert witnesses did not justify vacatur

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 20 2010

Petitioner United States Life Insurance Company (“U.S. Life”) reinsured workers’ compensation policies issued by five insurers domiciled in California

Court of Appeal clarifies the scope of the West Tankers decision

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • December 22 2009

In National Navigation Co v Endesa Generacion SA 2009 EWCA Civ 1397 the Court of Appeal overturned the first instance judgment of Mrs Justice Gloster and held that the English court was bound by an earlier decision of the Spanish court to the effect that no arbitration clause was incorporated into the relevant contract

Court finds that arbitration award is not final for purposes of review under the FAA

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 15 2009

Petitioners Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. and Mitsubishi Power Systems Americas, Inc. (“Mitsubishi”) moved to vacate a partial arbitration award entered by the International Centre for Dispute Resolution in favor of Respondent Stone & Webster, Inc. (“Stone & Webster”

Federal court confirms foreign arbitration award, even though appeal of award in foreign jurisdiction was pending

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 15 2009

Plaintiff China National Chartering Corp. (“CNCC”) petitioned the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York to confirm an arbitration award rendered in its favor against defendant Pactrans Air & Sea, Inc. (“Pactrans”) by the China Maritime Arbitration Commission (“CMAC”

English High Court refuses to enforce a Canadian arbitration award which failed to give effect to mandatory EU regulations

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • Canada, United Kingdom
  • -
  • November 19 2009

In Accentuate Limited v Asigra Inc (A company incorporated under the laws of Canada) 2009 EWHC 265, the English Court was asked to overturn the earlier decision of a District Judge which set aside an order giving the English claimant, Accentuate, leave to serve the Canadian defendant, Asigra, outside the jurisdiction and which granted a stay of proceedings