The recent case of CVLC Three Carrier Corp & Anor v Arab Maritime Petroleum Transport Company [2021] EWHC 551 (Comm) is a rare example of a successful challenge under section 69 of the Arbitration Act 1996 (Act).

In decision T1063/18, a EPO Technical Board of Appeal created controversy in ruling that the jurisprudence of the Enlarged Board of Appeal took precedence over Rule 28(2) of the EPC.

The UK Government has asked the Law Commission to review the Arbitration Act 1996 (the ‘Act') to make sure that England and Wales (and London as an arbitration seat) remain at the forefront of international arbitration.

The Law Commission today published its much anticipated Final Report on the English Arbitration Act (the Act), accompanied by a draft Bill. Although the Law Commission has emphasised...

Choice-of-law rules for security interests in security entitlements in securities credited to security accounts will change on April 1, 2017 when the Hague Securities Convention comes into effect.

The formulation of "an arguable point of law of general public importance which ought to be considered by the Supreme Court at that time" is the same as that applied under the relevant procedural rules to an application for permission to appeal to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council on appeal from the Court of Appeal of Jersey.

On the 10 August 2018, the Government of Malta launched a public consultation procedure in relation to proposed amendments to the Competition Act, the Consumer Affairs Act, the Malta Consumer and Competition Affairs Authority Act, and other related legislation.

Much has been written about the Retained EU law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (the "Bill"), which is currently going through Parliament. This Bill is the latest in the line...

Much has been written about the Retained EU law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (the Bill), which is currently going through Parliament. This is the latest in the line of legal developments since...

Fashoranti v. College of Physicians and Surgeons of Nova Scotia, 2015 NSCA 25, dismissing an appeal from the disciplinary committee's finding that a physician committed unprofessional conduct.

The Retained EU Law Bill is now an Act of Parliament, having received Royal Assent on 29 June 2023. In our blog, published at the end of last year...

The European Account Preservation Order (EAPO) lets a court in one EU country freeze funds in the bank account of a debtor in another EU country.

Where parties to a contract agree to arbitrate their disputes under English procedural laws in England, any challenge to the eventual award must be made to the English court under those rules, regardless of the governing law of the contract.

Every developed legal system possesses a judicial organ which adjudicates the rights and obligations of the citizens of the nation. At earlier stage, the courts were guided by customs and their own sense of justice.

In the Court of Session yesterday Lord Glennie issued a landmark decision in the first application of its kind put before the Court.

In a judgment underlining the mantra of clearly worded arbitration clauses, the Commercial Court granted leave to appeal an arbitral award under the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules (the "UNCITRAL Rules") on question of law.

Following a decision issued on 30 October 2014, the Commercial Court of England and Wales ("CC") has denied a request made on behalf of a number of UK retailers

In the interview below, published by the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), Practice Director Jonathan Grode discusses his personal experiences that led him to pursue a career in immigration