11 December 2020
New 2021 Rules at the ICC, after the LCIA, and before the SIAC
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/global/new-2021-rules-at-the-icc-after-the-lcia-and-before-the-siac

The ICC formally launched its amended Rules of Arbitration, 2021 which will enter into force on 1 January 2021 and apply to cases registered from this date. These changes have arisen in a very particular context and aim ...

14 January 2021
Singapore—dismissal of application to set aside ICC award for breach of natural justice and/or excess of jurisdiction (CHH v CHI)
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2021/singapore/singapore-dismissal-of-application-to-set-aside-icc-award-for-breach-of-natural-justice

Arbitration analysis: The Singapore High Court (SGHC) dismissed an application under section 48 of the Arbitration Act to set aside a Singapore-seated International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) award. Although the ...

08 February 2018
Interpretation of Arbitration Clauses in Australia
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2018/australia/interpretation-of-arbitration-clauses-in-australia

In Hancock Prospecting Pty Ltd v Rinehart [2017] FCAFC 170 the Full Federal Court held that an arbitration agreement which referred "any dispute under this deed" to arbitration included a dispute as to whether the ...

05 August 2020
Singapore—Challenges to ICC awards dismissed
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/singapore/challenges-to-icc-awards-dismissed

Arbitration analysis: Justice Anselmo Reyes (International Judge) in the Singapore International Commercial Court rejected challenges to arbitral awards issued in proceedings pursuant to the Arbitration Rules of the ...

15 April 2020
Singapore: Court of Appeal holds reassignment of contract to original party after commencement of arbitration not sufficient to confer jurisdiction on arbitrator (BXH v BXI)
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/singapore/singapore-court-of-appeal-holds-reassignment-of-contract

Arbitration analysis: What is the Singapore court's approach where the main contract contains both an arbitration clause and a court jurisdiction clause? What is the relationship between the arbitration agreement and ...

26 June 2018
Rare refusal by Mainland China Court to enforce HKIAC Arbitration Award
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2018/hong-kong/rare-refusal-by-mainland-china-court-to-enforce-hkiac-arbitration-award

A recent judgment from the Beijing Fourth Intermediate People's Court ("Beijing Court") refused to recognise and enforce a foreign arbitral award issued in Hong Kong on the basis that the award dealt with a difference ...

26 September 2016
Arbcall: International Arbitration - September 2016
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2016/global/arbcall-international-arbitration