International Arbitration - Review Of 2023

The last year has seen some big developments in International Arbitration - for Gowling WLG, and in general.

The year has presented a wealth of arbitration-related decisions playing out under the supervisory jurisdiction of national courts. For this review, our practitioners have selected a handful of the most interesting and instructive decisions from their jurisdictions in the last year. They cover a wide range of important procedural issues, ranging from the start to finish of the arbitration process – from the extent of the doctrine of separability of an arbitration agreement, via the availability (or not) of anti-suit injunctions to restrain proceedings brought in breach of an arbitration agreement, to challenges to awards (some successful, others not) and consideration of whether or not national courts should enforce awards. The cases reveal common themes that arise across arbitrations regardless of seat, and insights as to how different jurisdictions deal