10/8/2025 11:45:11 AM AAA v BBB and others [2025] EWHC 1647 (Comm) Worldwide freezing order discharged where claim form not served on time By Alexandra Illingworth In AAA v BBB and others, the Court considered the circumstances in which an extension of time for serving a claim form may be granted. In...
9/17/2025 8:56:13 AM Debt still due when non-fulfilment of a condition precedent is due to a party’s breach By Alexandra Illingworth In the recent case of King Crude Carriers SA v Ridgebury November LLC, the Court of Appeal ruled that a party cannot rely on its own...
9/16/2025 7:57:52 AM Podcast: A SEP Consultation with your PMAC? By James Boon Sam Harvey In this episode, James Boon and Sam Harvey discuss the UK IPO’s SEP consultation and the UPC’s Patent, Mediation and Arbitration Centre...
9/2/2025 8:33:23 AM Crash Course on the Arbitration Act 2025 By Freya Ollerearnshaw The Arbitration Act 2025 is now one month old. If you haven’t already got on top of this new legislation and how it may impact your...
8/22/2025 3:24:32 PM From Vessel 1 to Vessel 2: Navigating Confidentiality Across Arbitrations Involving Connected Clients By Wes Walker Yen Hoe The High Court handed down an important judgment on 8 May 2025 concerning arbitral confidentiality. The judgment should be of particular...
7/8/2025 3:12:02 PM The 2019 Hague Judgments Convention is now in force in the UK By Ben Coleman Headline The Hague Convention of 2 July 2019 on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil or Commercial Matters...
6/3/2025 3:06:58 PM Undisclosed principal entitled to enforce arbitral award By Wes Walker Robert Graham Summary In its decision in MSH Limited v HCS Limited [2025] EWHC 815 (Comm), the High Court considered and dismissed a jurisdictional...
1/21/2025 12:01:29 PM Arbitrations governed by non-national law are still subject to the mandatory provisions of the seat By Wes Walker Unlike before an English court, parties to an arbitration seated in England are not limited to having a tribunal decide the substance of...
10/30/2024 9:59:38 AM Arbitration Seat Designation: Key Takeaways from the Investcom Ruling Disputes: A Case Study By Max Palmer Introduction Investcom Global Limited v PLC Investments Limited & Ors EWHC 2505 (Comm) The recent Commercial Court decision Investcom...
9/30/2024 9:48:16 AM Changes to the CPR taking effect on 1 October 2024: Power to compel ADR By Wes Walker Last year, the Court of Appeal in Churchill v Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council [2023] EWCA Civ 141 decided that courts in England...
9/26/2024 10:20:32 AM English Courts prepared to grant anti-suit injunction to protect arbitration seated outside the jurisdiction By Wes Walker Speed read On 18 September 2024, the Supreme Court handed down its unanimous decision in UniCredit Bank GmbH v RusChemAlliance LLC [2024]...
7/22/2024 10:57:45 AM UK ratifies 2019 Hague Judgments Convention By Ben Coleman On 27 June 2024, the United Kingdom ratified the Hague Convention of 2 July 2019 on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments...