Arbitration and ADR

Articles

Sian v Halimedia: Insolvency vs Arbitration – Article by Ernest Leung cited in recent Privy Council decision

In Sian Participation Corp v Halimedia International Ltd [2024] UKPC 16, Lords Briggs and Hamblen considered the issue of whether insolvency proceedings should be stayed where the underlying debt was covered by an arbitration agreement. In an appeal from the BVI,... Read more

By Ernest Leung
Friday 21 June 2024

News

Wilberforce shortlisted for Chambers of the Year at The Lawyer Awards 2024

We are delighted to announce that Wilberforce Chambers has been shortlisted at this year’s The Lawyer Awards for Chambers of the Year! Winners will be announced on Tuesday 18th June at London’s JW Marriott Grosvenor House Hotel. We are incredibly... Read more

Friday 12 April 2024

Articles

A Nigerian tragedy: how to set aside a US$11 billion arbitral award

John Grocott-Barrett and Ernest Leung have written an article for TL4’s FIRE Starters magazine on ‘A Nigerian tragedy: how to set aside a US$11 billion arbitral award’, where they analyse Federal Republic of Nigeria v Process and Industrial Developments Limited.... Read more

By John Grocott-Barrett | Ernest Leung
Monday 4 March 2024

Articles

English anti-suit injunctions in aid of arbitration agreements with a foreign seat

Article by Stuart Isaacs KC and Daniel Petrides, 22nd February 2024 To read or download this article as a PDF, please click here. The recent Court of Appeal decision in Unicredit Bank GmbH v RusChemAlliance LLC [2024] EWCA Civ 64... Read more

By Stuart Isaacs KC | Daniel Petrides
Thursday 22 February 2024

External Conferences

STEP Cayman Conference 2025

Thursday 23rd January 2025
Hotel Indigo Grand Cayman, Cayman

Speakers:
Fenner Moeran KC

External Conferences

London International Disputes Week 2024

Thursday 6th June 2024
London

Speakers:
Joanne Wicks KC

External Conferences

Chancery Bar Association Geneva Conference

Thursday 18th April 2024
Novotel Geneve Centre, Geneva

Speakers:
Thomas Robinson

External Conferences

CIArb EAB Evening Talk: “What No Longer Matters In Light of the ‘FamilyMart / Mozambique’ Cases”

Thursday 30th November 2023 | 7pm
Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKAC), 38/F Two Exchange Square, 8 Connaught Place, Central, Hong Kong.

Free (CIArb Members), HKD 200 (Non-CIArb Members)

Speakers:
Thomas Lowe KC

External Conferences

The Great Parliamentary Debate with Asserson Law Offices at Tel-Aviv Arbitration Week

28th February 2023
28th Floor, Square Tower, Azrieli Center, Derech Menachem Begin Tel Aviv-Yafo

Speakers:
Alan Gourgey KC