Arbitrium Newsletter No. 8 – 2 February 2020

上海举行仲裁
The Singapore Court of Appeal overturns the High Court, finding that the phrase "arbitration in Shanghai" means that Shanghai was clearly intended as the seat of arbitration.

新加坡以公共政策为由拒绝搁置仲裁裁决
The Singapore High Court rejects an argument that enforcement of a partial award could be resisted on the public policy ground, and also deals with time extension applications for setting aside and resisting enforcement of awards.

第16条第3款规定的法院在管辖权挑战中的作用摘要
The Irish High Court provides a useful summary of the authorities dealing with a Court's de novo review under Art.16(3) of the Model Law following a decision on jurisdiction by a tribunal.

英国法院确认仲裁庭有权更正裁决
The English court extends time and then confirms that the LCIA Tribunal has power to correct award under Article 27.1 of the LCIA Rules.

英国法院维持英国法律作为仲裁协议的明确选择
The English CA considers the governing law of an arbitration agreement and whether the respondent became a party to the main agreement and/or the arbitration agreement notwithstanding the presence of No Oral Modification provisions in the main contract.

不违反自然正义和公共政策
The Privy Council (on appeal from Mauritius) upholds a decision of the Supreme Court of Mauritius which refused to set aside an arbitral award on the basis of alleged breaches of natural justice and public policy.

仲裁员的死亡，残障，取消资格
When appointing an arbitrator, parties rarely consider taking out a legal risk policy to cover the death, disability and disqualification of an arbitrator. In this interesting article, the author discusses the issue and the options available.

争议解决方案
Baker McKenzie has developed a useful tool, the "Disputes Clause Finder", which provides users with individually tailored choice-of-court or arbitration clauses.