Nicholas Peacock
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
English Court upholds on paper dismissal of serious irregularity challenge with no prospects of success
United Kingdom - December 11 2018 The English High Court’s decision in Asset Management Corporation Of Nigeria v Qatar National Bank 2018 EWHC 2218 (Comm), handed down in July 2018...
Facing cybersecurity head on: the arbitration community develops guidance on how to tackle this difficult issue
United Kingdom, Hong Kong - November 23 2018 There is an emerging consensus among the arbitration community that parties, arbitral institutions and tribunals in individual arbitration matters...
Charlie Morgan, Vanessa Naish.
The ICC standard arbitration clause potentially invalid in Russia
Russia - November 17 2018 According to Russian media, the ICC has recently applied to the Russian Supreme Court (“SC“) asking that it clarify the approach of Russian courts to...
Alexander Khretinin, Alexei Panich.
English High Court refuses to set aside order for enforcement under s103 in long-running dispute regarding ICC award
United Kingdom - November 2 2018 The English High Court has refused an application under s.103 of the Arbitration Act 1996 (“AA 1996“) to set-aside an order allowing for the...
Jake Savile-Tucker, Vanessa Naish.
English court sets aside arbitration award for serious irregularity due to tribunal’s non-disclosure of novel point central to award
United Kingdom - November 1 2018 The odds of successfully challenging an arbitral award in the English Courts on the basis of s68 of the Arbitration Act 1996 (serious irregularity)...
Craig Tevendale, Andrew Cannon, Chris Parker, Eduardo Soler Tappa, Manuel Rivero, Paula Hodges QC, Alexei Panich, Clément Dupoirier.
