Tanner De Witt provide a summary of Halliburton v Chubb, where the English Supreme Court considered issues of bias and disclosure.

按条件收费安排
On 17 December 2020, the Hong Kong Law Reform Commission published a consultation paper proposing lawyers could use outcome related fee structures for arbitration.

拒绝延长时间
In a dispute arising out of a transfer agreement, the HK Court refused to extend time to apply to set aside an award, finding that the Applicants failed to give any explanation for their delay in making the application.

仲裁与破产
In a helpful and detailed review of the legal position in Hong Kong, the authors seek to ascertain HK’s position where a winding-up petition is issued on the just and equitable ground and the insolvency ground, suggesting a possible coherent approach.

奖励和其他奖励的更正
The HK High Court explains the principles regarding the correction of awards under Article 33 of the Model Law, dismisses an application to set aside an award and allows the application to enforce the award.

专属管辖权和仲裁条款
The Singapore HC considers whether the arbitration clause or the jurisdiction clause applied to the dispute, finding that the parties' intention was for the jurisdiction clause to carve out certain disputes from the arbitration clause.

时间栏
The Singapore CA finds that the Respondent’s set-aside application was filed more than three months after the award had been received by the parties; as the Court did not have any power to extend this time limit, the challenge was time- barred.

拒绝搁置公共政策奖
The Singapore CA dismisses an application to set aside an award on the ground of public policy because the tribunal held that they were prevented by the doctrine of res judicata from litigating on a component of their defence.

仲裁协议的适当法律
The English Supreme Court introduces a measure of certainty in an area of the law which has long been unclear, tackling the question of how the governing law of an arbitration agreement is to be determined when the law applicable to the contract containing it differs from the law of the “seat” of the arbitration.

时间限制没有障碍
Notwithstanding the unprecedented delay in seeking to challenge the award, the English court finds that Nigeria established a prima facie case for fraudulent conduct, confirming that fairness ultimately outweighs considerations of extreme delay and finality to proceedings.

新的ICC仲裁规则
Ahead of the entry into force of the 2021 ICC Arbitration Rules, the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce has released updates to its Note to Parties and Arbitral Tribunals on the Conduct of Arbitration under the ICC Rules of Arbitration, effective 1 January 2021.