Monthly Shipping Bulletin - June 2011

Covered in this issue:

• Arbitration
• • A party cannot challenge the jurisdiction of a tribunal where its arbitration claim has already been dismissed by the court
  • France revises Arbitration Law
• Company Law
• • Court of Appeal rules on the requirements for the proper execution of sale and purchase documentation by companies
• Costs
• • Court of Appeal considers whether a party's application for security for the costs of an appeal, and the imposition of a condition on that appeal, constituted an abuse of process
  • A pre-action Part 36 offer must specifically refer to pre-action costs if liability for these costs is to be determined under Part 36
• Evidence