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Expert perspectives on the latest developments across our sectors and services.
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Arbitration Act 1996: First Appeal To Succeed on All of Sections 67, 68 & 69
In what is, as far as we are aware, the first and only reported case of its kind, the Court has today allowed an appeal against an arbitration…
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18th Commodities Case Update
We are delighted to present the eighteenth edition of the Commodities Case Update, with a summary of ten key recent cases relevant to the…
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What Does the New English Arbitration Act 2025 Mean for Parties?
“New law to turbocharge [England’s] position as the world-leader in arbitration” – that is how the UK government has described the new English…
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First English judgment clarifying the reasonable alternative to LIBOR
In a recent judgment that will have been welcomed by financial institutions dealing with legacy LIBOR contracts and parties seeking to …
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UK Supreme Court’s anti-suit ruling supports a foreign-seated arbitration
In the recent case of UniCredit Bank GmbH (Claimant) v RusChemAlliance LLC (Defendant), and in what is believed to be the first time that the UK …
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Commodities case update 17th edition: September 2024
Read our seventeenth edition of the Commodities Case Update, summarising 12 key recent cases relevant to the commodities sector.
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International Arbitration Quarterly | Edition Q2/2024
Welcome to the new edition of the HFW International Arbitration Quarterly, which features articles from colleagues across our network …
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Obtaining subpoenas against third parties in aid of arbitration in England
The English courts have a long history of supporting arbitration proceedings, including in securing attendance of witnesses and production of …
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Commodities Case Update, February 2024
We are delighted to present the February 2024 edition of the Commodities Case Update
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HFW Disputes Digest 2023
Welcome to our second annual digest, in which we collate our 2023 global HFW …
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ICC publishes guide on disability inclusion in international arbitration and ADR
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) published a Guide in October on d…
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The UK Supreme Court provides its long awaited ruling on s.9 Arbitration Act 1996 stays in the “tuna bonds” scandal
In a recent decision of the UK Supreme Court in Republic of Mozambique (actin…
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