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Kluwer Arbitration Blog Excerpt Feed http://kluwerarbitrationblog.com Fri, 25 May 2012 14:32:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 en http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Scope of arbitration clauses and carve-out clauses: erring on the side of caution or on the side of daring? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/KluwerArbitrationBlogExcerpt/~3/h2VcsmJsWUk/ http://kluwerarbitrationblog.com/blog/2012/05/25/scope-of-arbitration-clauses-and-carve-out-clauses-erring-on-the-side-of-caution-or-on-the-side-of-daring/#comments Fri, 25 May 2012 14:32:15 +0000 Alejandro I. Garcia http://kluwerarbitrationblog.com/?p=5125 Continue reading →]]> by Alejandro I. Garcia

In a judgment dated 25 April 2012 (Lombard North Central plc and another v GATX Corporation [2012] EWHC 1067 (Comm)), Judge Andrew Smith of the English High Court (Commercial Court) underlined the potential risks that might arise from arbitration clauses … Continue reading →

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A recent decision of the English Commercial Court (Lombard North Central plc & Anor v GATX Corporation [2012] EWHC 1067 (Comm)) has provided some insight and clarification into how the English courts will interpret and implement Section 9(1) of the … Continue reading →

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]]> http://kluwerarbitrationblog.com/blog/2012/05/24/interpreting-section-91-of-the-arbitration-act-1996-lombard-v-gatx/feed/ http://kluwerarbitrationblog.com/blog/2012/05/24/interpreting-section-91-of-the-arbitration-act-1996-lombard-v-gatx/ Enforcement of a judgment debt in the face of an arbitration agreement http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/KluwerArbitrationBlogExcerpt/~3/bwAC0i8nm-Q/ http://kluwerarbitrationblog.com/blog/2012/05/23/enforcement-of-a-judgment-debt-in-the-face-of-an-arbitration-agreement/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 14:56:20 +0000 Darius Chan http://kluwerarbitrationblog.com/?p=5089 Continue reading →]]> by Darius Chan

A party who wishes to circumvent an arbitration agreement may sometimes proceed to obtain default judgment from a friendly court and then seek to enforce that judgment, under the common law, as a debt in the courts of the country … Continue reading →

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]]> http://kluwerarbitrationblog.com/blog/2012/05/23/enforcement-of-a-judgment-debt-in-the-face-of-an-arbitration-agreement/feed/ http://kluwerarbitrationblog.com/blog/2012/05/23/enforcement-of-a-judgment-debt-in-the-face-of-an-arbitration-agreement/ Time For A Mexican “Procuración” To Litigate Its Arbitrations? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/KluwerArbitrationBlogExcerpt/~3/lYCgbbKvmCs/ http://kluwerarbitrationblog.com/blog/2012/05/23/time-for-a-mexican-procuracion-to-litigate-its-arbitrations/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 06:41:18 +0000 Victor Ruiz http://kluwerarbitrationblog.com/?p=5071 Continue reading →]]> by Victor Ruiz

For almost 20 years, Mexico has been at the forefront of Latin-American arbitration practice. It has been widely recognized both in terms of the quality and sophistication of its practitioners, its modern legal framework (since 1993 based on the UNCITRAL … Continue reading →

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]]> http://kluwerarbitrationblog.com/blog/2012/05/23/time-for-a-mexican-procuracion-to-litigate-its-arbitrations/feed/ http://kluwerarbitrationblog.com/blog/2012/05/23/time-for-a-mexican-procuracion-to-litigate-its-arbitrations/ CONFIDENTIALITY: Not To Be Overlooked When Drafting the Arbitration Clause http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/KluwerArbitrationBlogExcerpt/~3/odaduIb7ROc/ http://kluwerarbitrationblog.com/blog/2012/05/17/confidentiality-not-to-be-overlooked-when-drafting-the-arbitration-clause/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 18:17:20 +0000 Lisa Bench Nieuwveld http://kluwerarbitrationblog.com/?p=5065 Continue reading →]]> by Lisa Bench Nieuwveld

Over the years, many arguments have been made for what are truly the benefits of international arbitration over local litigation. There are many factors that are listed and ensuing arguments over their continued veracity. Complaints are launched about whether such … Continue reading →

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This week, Spanish energy firm Repsol put Argentina on notice of an arbitration claim under the Spain-Argentina bilateral investment treaty. The development comes as no surprise, as Repsol had been threatening for some weeks to take such a course if … Continue reading →

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On 6 March 2012, Justice Sir David Steel of the Court of First Instance of the Dubai International Financial Centre – DIFC – rendered a decision refusing to grant a stay of the proceedings, and ignoring an option in the … Continue reading →

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When is an arbitral panel an international tribunal for purposes of Section 1782? Section 1782, of course, is the U.S. statute that authorizes federal courts to order discovery in aid of proceedings before foreign courts and international tribunals. As discussed … Continue reading →

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This post follows on from the highly informative Kluwer Arbitration Blog post by Elizabeth Kantor, “The ‘West Tankers’ Saga Continues: Can Damages Compensate for Breach of an Arbitration Clause?” Whilst that focussed principally on the implications for, and efficacy of, … Continue reading →

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In the most recent of a long-running series of decisions in the West Tankers saga, the English court has found that the majority of the tribunal was wrong to decline jurisdiction to award equitable damages or to declare a party … Continue reading →

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