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DMC/Arbn/16/01 '''England''' '''Shagang South-Asia Trading Co Ltd v Daewoo Logistics''' '''English High Court: Queen’s Bench Division (Commercial Court); Mr Justice Hamblen; [2015] EWHC 194 (Comm); 5 February 2015: [[http://www.onlinedmc.co.uk/index.php/Shagang_South-East_Asia_Trading_v_Daewoo_Logistics]]  '''ARBITRATION: WHETHER THERE WERE CLEAR INDICATORS THAT THE CURIAL LAW WAS NOT THE LAW OF THE VENUE OF THE ARBITRATION: WHETHER THE ARBITRATOR WAS VALIDLY APPOINTED'''  DMC/Arbn/15/02 '''Singapore''' '''Coal & Oil Co LLC v GHCL Ltd''' DMC/Arbn/15/01 '''England''' '''Transgrain Shipping BV v Deiulemar Shipping SpA and Eleni Shipping Ltd (The “Eleni P”)''' '''Commercial Court: Teare J: [2014] EWHC 4202 (Comm): 15 December 2014:[[http://www.onlinedmc.co.uk/index.php/Transgrain_Shipping_v_Deiulemar_Shipping_and_Eleni_Shipping_-_The_Eleni_P]]''' '''CHARTERPARTY: PARTIALLY CONFLICTING ARBITRATION AGREEMENTS: BESPOKE ARBITRATION CLAUSE AND STANDARD BIMCO ARBITRATION CLAUSES: CHALLENGE TO TRIBUNAL’S JURISDICTION UNDER SECTION 67 ARBITRATION ACT 1996: PROPER CONSTRUCTION OF ARBITRATION AGREEMENTS: PROPER CONSTITUTION OF TRIBUNAL'''   DMC/Arbn/14/07 '''England''' '''Viscous Global Investment Ltd v Palladium Navigation Corp (The “Quest”)''' '''English Commercial Court: Males J: [2014] EWHC 2654 (Comm): 30 July 2014:[[http://www.onlinedmc.co.uk/index.php/Viscous_Global_Investment_v_Palladium_Navigation_-_The_Quest]] '''ARBITRATION: BILLS OF LADING (“BLS”): P&I CLUB LETTER OF UNDERTAKING (“LOU”): WHETHER ARBITRATION AGREEMENT IN LOU REPLACED ARBITRATION AGREEMENTS IN BLS: ARBITRATION ACT 1996 SECTION 32 APPLICATION'''  DMC/Arbn/14/06 '''England''' '''Emirates Trading Agency LLC v Prime Mineral Exports Private Limited''' '''English High Court: Teare J.: [2014] EWHC 2104 (Comm): 1 July 2014:[[http://www.onlinedmc.co.uk/index.php/Emirates_Trading_v_Prime_Mineral_Exports]] '''CONTRACT: DISPUTE RESOLUTION CLAUSE REQUIRING PARTIES TO TRY TO RESOLVE DISPUTES BY FRIENDLY DISCUSSION WITHIN A CONTINUOUS PERIOD OF FOUR WEEKS BEFORE RESORTING TO ARBITRATION: WHETHER ARBITRATORS LACKED JURISDICTION BECAUSE THIS PROVISION NOT COMPLIED WITH: WHETHER PROVISION UNENFORCEABLE AS UNCERTAIN: WHETHER PROVISION HAD BEEN COMPLIED WITH'''  DMC/Arbn/14/05 '''England''' '''Caresse Navigation Ltd v Office National de l’Electricité (the "Channel Ranger"): [2013] EWHC 3081 (Comm): Males J.: 14 October 2013:[[http://www.onlinedmc.co.uk/index.php/Caresse_Navigation_v_Office_National_de_l'Electricité_-_the_Channel_Ranger]]''' '''BILL OF LADING: WHETHER WORDS OF INCORPORATION REFERRING TO ARBITRATION ARE SUFFICIENT TO INCORPORATE CHARTERPARTY JURISDICTION PROVISIONS'''  DMC/Arbn/14/04 '''England''' '''Cottonex Anstalt v Patriot Spinning Mills Ltd [2014] EWHC 236 (Comm)''' '''English High Court: Hamblen J.: 14 February 2014:[[http://www.onlinedmc.co.uk/index.php/Cottonex_Anstalt_v_Patriot_Spinning_Mills]] '''SALE AND PURCHASE: WHETHER CONTRACT INCORPORATED ALL TERMS OF THE BY-LAWS AND RULES OF THE INTERNATIONAL COTTON ASSOCIATION OR ONLY THE ARBITRATION PROVISIONS: GUIDANCE ON THE INTERPRETATION OF CONTRACTS ON APPEAL FROM AN ARBITRAL TRIBUNAL WITH EXPERIENCE OF THE RELEVANT TRADE'''  DMC/Arbn/14/03 '''England''' '''Beijing Jianlong Heavy Industry Group v Golden Ocean Group Ltd and Others''' '''English Commercial Court: HHJ Mackie QC: [2013] EWHC 1063 (Comm): 1 May 2013: [[http://www.onlinedmc.co.uk/index.php/Beijing_Jianlong_Heavy_Industry_Group_v_Golden_Ocean_Group]] '''ARBITRATION: SECTION 67 OF THE ARBITRATION ACT 1996: APPEAL AGAINST SUBSTANTIVE JURISDICTION OF TRIBUNALS: GUARANTEES ALLEGEDLY ILLEGAL AND UNENFORCEABLE UNDER CHINESE LAW: VALIDITY OF ARBITRATION AGREEMENTS: PUBLIC POLICY'''  DMC/Arbn/14/02 '''The Netherlands''' '''Transport and Maritime Arbitration Rotterdam-Amsterdam ("Tamara") Arbitration''' '''Anonymous, Procedural Order of a Tamara arbitration tribunal, 10 December 2012:[[http://www.onlinedmc.co.uk/index.php/Tamara_Arbitration]]'''  '''ARBITRATION UNDER TAMARA RULES: WHAT THE LANGUAGE OF THE ARBITRATION SHOULD BE FAILING A CHOICE PREVIOUSLY MADE BY THE PARTIES'''  DMC/Arbn/14/01 '''England'''  '''AES Ust-Kamenogorsk Hydropower Plant LLP v. Ust-Kamenogorsk Hydropower Plant JSC''' '''Supreme Court; Lords Neuberger, Mance, Clarke, Sumption, Toulson SCJJ; [2013] UKSC 35, 12 June 2013:[[http://www.onlinedmc.co.uk/index.php/AES_Ust-Kamenogorsk_Hydropower__Plant_LLP_v_Ust-KamenogorsK_Hydropower_Plant_JSC]] '''WHETHER POWER TO INJUNCT COURT PROCEEDINGS IS MERELY ANCILLARY TO CURRENT OR INTENDED ARBITRATION PROCEEDINGS: WHETHER S.44 ARBITRATION ACT 1996 LIMITS THE COURT’S INJUNCTIVE POWERS UNDER S.37 SENIOR COURTS ACT 1981'''  DMC/Arbn/13/06 '''England'''  '''Fortress Value Recovery Fund I LLC (and others) v Blue Skye Special Opportunities Fund LLP (and others)''' '''English Court of Appeal; Pill, Toulson, Tomlinson LJJ; [2013] EWCA Civ 367; 31 January 2013:[[http://www.onlinedmc.co.uk/index.php/Fortress_Valley_Recovery__Fund_v_Blue_Skye_Special_Opportunities_Fund]] '''ARBITRATION CLAUSE: THIRD PARTIES: CONTRACTS (RIGHTS OF THIRD PARTIES) ACT 1999, SS 8(1) & 8(2)'''  DMC/Arbn/13/05 '''Hong Kong'''  '''Grand Pacific Holdings Ltd and Pacific China Holdings Ltd (in liq) (No 1)''' '''Hong Kong Court of Appeal: Tang VP, Kwan and Fok JJA: CACV No.136 of 2011, [2012] 4 HKLRD 1: 9 May 2012:[[http://www.onlinedmc.co.uk/index.php/Grand_Pacific_Holdings_v_Pacific_China_Holdings]]''' http://www.hklii.hk/eng/hk/cases/hkca/2012/200.html '''ARBITRATION: APPLICATION TO SET ASIDE ARBITRAL AWARD: ALLEGED VIOLATION OF ARTS.34(2)(A)(II) AND (IV), UNCITRAL MODEL LAW: AWARD TO BE SET ASIDE ONLY IF VIOLATION SUFFICIENTLY SERIOUS: DISCRETION OF COURT TO REFUSE TO SET ASIDE DESPITE VIOLATION'''   DMC/SandT/13/04 '''Australia''' '''Dampskibsselskabet Norden A/S v Gladstone Civil Pty Ltd''' '''Full Court, Federal Court of Australia: Mansfield, Rares and Buchanan JJ: [2013] FCFCA 107, 18 September 2013:[[http://www.onlinedmc.co.uk/index.php/Dampskibsselskabet_Norden_A/S_v_Gladstone_Civil_Pty_Ltd]] '''ENFORCEMENT IN AUSTRALIA OF FOREIGN ARBITRATION AWARD UNDER VOYAGE CHARTER: WHETHER VOYAGE CHARTER A “SEA CARRIAGE DOCUMENT” FOR THE PURPOSES OF S.11OF THE AUSTRALIAN CARRIAGE OF GOODS BY SEA ACT 1991: WHETHER ARBITRATION AWARD UNENFORCEABLE BECAUSE NOT MADE IN AUSTRALIA'''  DMC/Arbn/13/03 '''Singapore''' '''Maldives Airports Co Ltd & Anor v. GMR Male International Airport Pte Ltd, [2013] SGCA 16: Singapore Court of Appeal: Judgment delivered by Sundaresh Menon CJ, Andrew Phang Boon Leong JA and Woo Bih Li J on 6 December 2012:[[http:/14/www.onlinedmc.co.uk/index.php/Maldives_Airports_v_GMR_Male_International]]''' '''Arbitration: Interim Order for Injunction under Section 12A(4) of International Arbitration Act ("IAA"): Meaning of “asset” under Section 12A(4) IAA: Preservation of contractual rights and choses in action as “assets” under Section 12A(4) of IAA'''   DMC/Arbn/13/02 '''Singapore''' '''Astro Nusantara International BV and others v. PT Ayunda Prima Mitra and others [2012] SGHC 157: Singapore High Court: Judgment delivered by Belinda Ang Saw Ean J on 22 October 2012: [[http://www.onlinedmc.co.uk/index.php/Astro_Nusantara_International_&_Others_v_PT_Ayunda_Prima_Mitra_&_Others]]''' '''ARBITRATION: INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL ARBITRAL AWARD MADE IN SAME TERRITORY AS FORUM IN WHICH RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT SOUGHT: PARTY NOT ENTITLED TO CHALLENGE JURISDICTION OF ARBITRAL TRIBUNAL AT SETTING-ASIDE OR ENFORCEMENT STAGE OF PROCEEDINGS: PARTY WHO FAILS TO CHALLENGE AWARD ON JURISDICTION PURSUANT TO ART. 16 OF MODEL LAW DEEMED TO ACCEPT FINALITY OF AWARD ON JURISDICTION'''  DMC/Arbn/13/01 '''England''' '''Chantiers de L’Atlantique SA v Gaztransport & Technigaz SAS''' '''English High Court (Commercial Court): Flaux J: [2011] EWHC 3383 (Comm): 20 December 2011: [[http://www.onlinedmc.co.uk/index.php/Chantiers_de_L'Atlantique_v_Gaztransport_&_Technigaz]]''' '''ARBITRATION: SETTING ASIDE ARBITRAL AWARD ON GROUND OF FRAUD: EXTENSION OF TIME GRANTED, GIVEN THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ALLEGATIONS: FRAUD BY TECHNICAL REPRESENTATIVE OF WINNING PARTY IN EVIDENCE TO ARBITRAL TRIBUNAL: DELIBERATE CONCEALMENT OF TECHNICAL TEST RESUTLS: LACK OF CAUSAL LINK BETWEEN NON-DISCLOSURE AND DECISION OF TRIBUNAL'''  DMC/Arbn/12/03 '''Singapore''' '''Singapore High Court''' '''Daimler South East Asia Pte Ltd v. Front Row Investment Holdings (Singapore) Pte Ltd [2012] SGHC 157 : Judgment delivered by Woo Bih Li J on 31 July 2012: [[http://www.onlinedmc.co.uk/index.php/Daimler_South_East_Asia_v_Front_Row_Investments_(Singapore)]]''' '''ARBITRATION: WAIVER OF RIGHT OF RECOURSE UNDER ICC RULES OF ARBITRATION (1998): EXCLUSION OF APPEAL ON QUESTION OF LAW ARISING OUT OF ARBITRATION AWARD PURSUANT TO SECTION 49(2) ARBITRATION ACT'''   DMC/Arbn/12/02 '''Hong Kong''' '''Gao Haiyan v Keeneye Holdings Limited''' Hong Kong Court of Appeal: Tang VP, Fok JA and Sakharani J: CACV No.79 of 2011: 2 December 2011:[[http://www.onlinedmc.co.uk/index.php/Gao_Haiyan_v_Keeneye_Holdings_-_Court_of_Appeal]] http://www.hklii.hk/eng/hk/cases/hkca/2011/459.html '''ARBITRATION: ENFORCEMENT OF ARBITRAL AWARD OBTAINED IN CHINA: SETTING ASIDE: CONTRARY TO PUBLIC POLICY: WHETHER AWARD TAINTED BY APPARENT BIAS: MEDIATION CONDUCTED IN COURSE OF ARBITRATION: WAIVER'''  DMC/Arbn/12/01 '''England''' '''African Fertilizers and Chemicals NIG Ltd (Nigeria) v BD Shipsnavo GmbH & Co Reederei KG (The “Christian D”): English Commercial Court: Beatson J: [2011] EWHC 2452 (Comm): 29 September 2011:[[http://www.onlinedmc.co.uk/index.php/African_Fertilisers_v_BD_Shipsnavo,_the_Christian_D]] '''ARBITRATION: JURISDICTION OF COURT: DECLARATORY JUDGMENT: SECTION 66 OF THE ARBITRATION ACT 1996: ARTICLE 34(3) OF REGULATION 44/2001: WHETHER COURT HAD JURISDICTION TO MAKE PURELY DECLARATORY JUDGMENT UNDER SECTION 66: WHETHER SECTION 66 DECLARATORY JUDGMENT WAS A “JUDGMENT” FOR PURPOSE OF ARTICLE 34(3)'''  DMC/Arbn/11/12 '''England''' '''TTMI Sarl v Statoil ASA''' '''Queen’s Bench Division (Commercial Court): Beatson J: [2011] EWHC 1150 (Comm): 9 May 2011:[[http://www.onlinedmc.co.uk/index.php/TTMI_v_Statoil]]''' '''ARBITRATION: JURISDICTION: PROPER PARTY TO CHARTERPARTY: DISPONENT OWNER WRONGLY IDENTIFIED IN RECAP EMAILS: UNDISCLOSED PRINCIPAL: RECTIFICATION: CHARTERPARTY CREATED BY CONDUCT OF THE PARTIES'''  DMC/Arbn/11/11 '''England''' '''Sovarex S.A. v. Romero Alvarez S.A.''' '''English High Court; Hamblen J; [2011] EWHC 1661 (Comm), 29 June 2011:[[http://www.onlinedmc.co.uk/index.php/Sovarex_v_Romero_Alvarez]]''' '''INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION: SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION: QUESTIONS OF FACT CAN BE DETERMINED IN PROCEEDINGS BROUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 66 OF THE ARBITRATION ACT 1996'''  DMC/Arbn/11/10 '''Hong Kong''' '''Democratic Republic of Congo and others v FG Hemisphere Associates LLC''' '''Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal: Bokhary, Chan and Riberio PJJ, Mortimer and Sir Anthony Mason NPJJ: FACV No.5, 6 and 7 of 2010: 8 June 2011:[[http://www.onlinedmc.co.uk/index.php/Democratic_Republic_of_Congo_v_FG_Hemisphere_Associates]]''' '''ARBITRATION: RECOGNITION OF FOREIGN AWARD OBTAINED AGAINST FOREIGN STATE: STATE IMMUNITY: WHETHER FOREIGN STATE CAN CLAIM ABSOLUTE IMMUNITY FROM SUIT IN HONG KONG AFTER 1997: WHETHER EXCEPTION FOR COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES: WAIVER OF IMMUNITY'''  DMC/Arbn/11/09 '''England''' AES Ust-Kamenogorsk Hydropower Plant LLP v. Ust-Kamenogorsk Hydropower Plant JSC '''English Court of Appeal (Civil Division); Rix, Wilson, & Stanley Burnton LJJ; [2011] EWCA Civ 647, 27 May 2011:[[http://www.onlinedmc.co.uk/index.php/AES_Ust-Kamenogorsk_Hydropower_Plant_LLP_v_Ust-Kamenogorsk_Hydropower_Plant_JSC]]''' '''INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION: ANTI-SUIT INJUNCTION: BASIS FOR SERVICE OUT OF JURISDICTION: EFFECT OF CIVIL JURISDICTION AND JUDGMENTS ACT 1982: PARTICIPATION IN FOREIGN PROCEEDINGS UNDER PROTEST NOT SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION'''  DMC/Arbn/11/08 '''England''' '''JSC BTA Bank v. Mukhtar Ablyazov & Ors''' '''English High Court; Clarke J; [2011] EWHC 587 (Comm), 28 March 2011;[[http://www.onlinedmc.co.uk/index.php/JCT_BTA_Bank_v_Mukhtar_Ablyazov_&_Ors]]''' '''INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION: STAY OF COURT PROCEEDINGS: AGREEMENT NULL AND VOID: SEPARABILITY: CASE MANAGEMENT GROUNDS'''   DMC/Arbn/11/07 '''Hong Kong''' '''Gao Haiyan v Keeneye Holdings Ltd''' '''Hong Kong Court of First Instance: Reyes J in Chambers: HCCT No.41 of 2010: 12 April 2011: [[http://www.onlinedmc.co.uk/index.php/Gao_Haiyan_v_Keeneye_Holdings]]''' '''ARBITRATION: ENFORCEMENT OF ARBITRAL AWARD OBTAINED IN CHINA: SETTING ASIDE: CONTRARY TO PUBLIC POLICY: AWARD TAINTED BY ACTUAL OR APPARENT BIAS: MEDIATION CONDUCTED IN COURSE OF ARBITRATION: “MED-ARB”: ESTOPPEL'''  DMC/Arbn/11/06 '''England''' '''B v S''' English High Court: Flaux J.: [2011] EWHC 691 (Comm): 23 March 2011:[[http://www.onlinedmc.co.uk/index.php/B_v_S]] '''COMMODITIES: FOSFA/GAFTA STANDARD FORM CONTRACTS: SCOTT V AVERY CLAUSE: WHETHER RIGHT TO INJUNCTIVE AND OTHER RELIEF UNDER S.44 ARBITRATION ACT 1996 EXCLUDED'''  DMC/Arbn/11/05