Uniper hauls Gazprom to international arbitration over gas supply breaches

German company Uniper has initiated arbitration proceedings against Russia’s Gazprom Export (Gazprom) before an international arbitral...

US Court enforces British F1 team’s USD 30+ million arbitration award against former sponsors

1 December 2022, Los Angeles. The United States District Court for the Central District of California has confirmed and enforced Williams Grand Prix...

Baker, Keener & Nahra LLP

FILED UNDER:

• United States District Court, Central District of California

Ontario Court rejects US investors’ attempt to re-argue merits of NAFTA Tribunal’s decision to grant them less than 1.6% of their claim for compensation

On 24 November 2022, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice dismissed an application by three US nationals and a US registered company (“the...

Gregory J. Nash, John Terry, Brent R.H. Johnston and Emily Sherkey, Karen Lovell and Andrea Bourke

London Commercial Court dismisses challenge to €1 million LCIA arbitration award

On Friday 25 November 2022, the Commercial Court in London dismissed proceedings to challenge a €1 million LCIA arbitration award for the...

Clyde & Co, Edwin Coe LLP

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• LCIA
• The High Court of England and Wales (Commercial Court)

Subsidiary of Canadian New Stratus Energy Notifies Ecuador of Dispute

On 25 November 2022, Petrolia Ecuador S. A (Petrolia) – subsidiary of Canadian New Stratus Energy Inc (NSE) – announced that it had sent...

Singapore Court of Appeal confirms when arbitral tribunals may receive additional evidence, even if the parties agree otherwise

Does an arbitral tribunal retain a discretion to admit relevant material and evidence – despite the parties agreeing that “no new claims...

Drew & Napier LLC, WongPartnership LLP

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• Court of Appeal of the Republic of Singapore

Australian Court rejects claim that dispute could be dealt with more swiftly in court, refers government owned Power and Water Corporation to arbitration

What is the practical difference between the speed of court and arbitration proceedings? On 10 November 2022, in the context of urgent proceedings...

Allen & Overy LLP, Grondal Bruining, Law Firm

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• Supreme Court of Western Australia

ICSID Tribunal Dismisses Lone Pine’s Claim Against Canada in St. Lawrence River Oil and Gas Rights Dispute

On 21 November 2022, an ICSID Arbitral Tribunal rendered a final award in the arbitral proceedings between Lone Pine Resources Inc. (Lone Pine) and...

Bennett Jones, Toronto, Canada, BCF Business Law, Montreal, Canada, Trade Law Bureau (JLT), Global Affairs Canada, Ottawa, Canada

FILED UNDER:

• ICSID

European Parliament calls for coordinated withdrawal of the EU from the ECT  

On 21 November 2022, the European Commission was forced to concede a lack of consensus among the EU’s 27 Member States regarding the agreement...

Berkeley notifies Spain of dispute, threatens to initiate arbitration, over Salamanca uranium mine

Australian mining company Berkeley Energia Limited (Berkeley) has, through its subsidiaries – Berkeley Minera España, S.L.U. (BME) and...