10/21/2025 12:50:35 PM The English courts strictly enforce contractually agreed time limits to challenge a US$ 324 million award By Florence Murphy Heidi Walsh In Eronat v CNPC & Cliveden, the Court of Appeal upheld the High Court’s decision that the term “rendered” in the arbitration clause...
10/14/2025 9:23:28 AM Indemnity Costs for "Hopeless" Arbitration Challenges By Florence Murphy Heidi Walsh On 4 July 2025 Mr Justice Calver handed down his judgment on consequential matters after he had dismissed a challenge of an arbitral...
11/21/2024 10:49:03 AM Mediation Q&A with litigator and mediator, Nikki Edwards By Krisha Jethani The origin of the term 'mediation' can be traced back to more than one source but what is uncontroversial is that it means "middle". The...
7/11/2024 9:10:35 AM Sian v Halimeda - Privy Council decides on the boundaries between Insolvency and Arbitration By Rebecca Stratton In a significant decision that will impact both creditors and debtors alike, the Privy Council (on appeal from the British Virgin...
6/26/2024 2:30:07 PM David vs Goliath? Contractual Disputes Involving States - Experience from Africa By Boniswa Dzere On 6 June 2024, Howard Kennedy and 3VB hosted a panel event focusing on disputes involving African states and state-owned entities as...
4/11/2024 6:16:12 PM 'Law of Apologies': a tool in ADR? By Krisha Jethani It appears that this is the question that the Ministry of Justice is asking in its latest consultation on the so called law of apologies,...
12/4/2023 5:34:20 PM Update: Churchill v Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council – The Court of Appeal in favour of court ordered mediation By Boniswa Dzere The Court of Appeal handed down, on 29 November 2023, its long-awaited decision on whether the court could order parties to mediate or...
11/16/2023 12:28:19 PM Will mediation become compulsory? The Court of Appeal considers this question in Churchill v Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council By Boniswa Dzere Last week the Court of Appeal was asked to consider a question many independent dispute resolution bodies have wanted answered for over...
10/2/2023 5:46:28 PM Reaching too FFAR? An update on the implementation of new agent regulations proposed by FIFA. By Joel Leigh Background On the 16th of December 2022, the FIFA Council introduced and approved the FIFA Football Agent Regulations (FFAR) due to...
9/22/2023 11:33:27 AM Legal Q&A with R3 By Rebecca Stratton This Autumn, we provided insight to R3 to examine what the best way of maximising the realisation of intellectual property for creditors...
9/18/2023 9:27:13 AM Court of Appeal upholds summary dismissal of jurisdictional challenge to USD $2.4 billion damages award By Rebecca Wyke In National Iranian Oil Company v Crescent Petroleum Company International Ltd and another [2023], the English Court of Appeal held that...
9/11/2023 10:34:41 AM The Law Commission's Final Report on its review of the Arbitration Act 1996: Steady as she goes By Ajay Fournillier The Law Commission of England and Wales (LC) has published the eagerly anticipated conclusion of its review of the Arbitration Act 1996....