Through the swamp into clear water – arbitrators competent to determine own jurisdiction
SFP Events Pty Ltd v Little Swamp II, Inc & Anor [2024] QSC 132 Andrew Orford | Petrina Macpherson | Abhishek Rishi (more…)
Courts’ power to issue subpoenas in support of arbitration
we-do-IT Pty Ltd v we-do-IT-Inc [Delaware] [2023] VSC 611 Andrew Orford | Isobel Carmody | Aria Saffar (more…)
Staying court proceedings in favour of arbitration as a third party
King River Digital Assets Opportunities SPC v Salerno [2023] NSWSC 510 Andrew Hales | Chris Hey | Isobel Carmody (more…)
You’ve got to be in it to win it: resisting enforcement of foreign arbitral awards
Reeves v Alt Advisory (Jersey) Limited and Alt Financial Group Limited [2023] VSC 249 Nikki Miller | Chris Hey | Isobel Carmody | Phillip Martin (more…)
When will an arbitrator’s decision be ‘obviously wrong’?
Factory X Pty Ltd v Gorman Services Pty Ltd [2023] VSC 247 Nikki Miller | Chris Hey | Jacob Broderick (more…)
High Court rules on recognition of international arbitral awards in Australia
Kingdom of Spain v Infrastructure Services Luxembourg S.à.r.l [2023] HCA 22 Andrew Orford | Andrew Hales | Chris Hey | Isobel Carmody (more…)
Alleging bias by an arbitrator? There better be a real danger…
Bernard George Grieve and Christine Rae Grieve and Dissoudre Pty Ltd (ACN: 009 380 410) T/As BG Grieve Builder -v- Brian Robert Gould [2022] WASC 413 Tom French | Penny Bond | Charlie Clifton (more…)
WA Court of Appeal looks at risks of splitting arbitration proceedings
CBI Constructors Pty Ltd v Chevron Australia Pty Ltd [2023] WASCA 1 Tom French | Penny Bond | Alicia Harries (more…)
An arbitration agreement is still valid, even if you can choose your own adventure!
Lee v Lin & Anor [2022] QCA 140 Sian Keast | James Knell | Yibing Mao (more…)
Enforcement of foreign arbitral awards in the digital era
HongKong Henson Industrial Limited v Victorian Ferries Pty Ltd [2021] FCA 1450 Andrew Orford | Petrina Macpherson | Gemma Galloway (more…)