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  • What’s the matter with s.9 of the Arbitration Act 1996?

    23/10/24

    Richard Blakeley KC and Zahra Al-Rikabi sit down to discuss the meaning and implications of the UKSC’s judgment in Republic of Mozambique v Privinvest Shipbuilding SAL [2023] UKSC 32; [2024] 1 All E.R. 763 on s.9 stays for arbitration.

     

  • Justice for Nigeria: an $11bn award obtained by fraud

    Mark Howard KC, Richard Blakeley KC and Tom Pascoe discuss the remarkable case of Nigeria v P&ID with its corrupt contractors, implicated lawyers and an ineffective arbitration, and consider the lessons to be learned from it.

     

  • Asset freezing orders in LCIA arbitrations

    Richard Blakeley KC and Joanna Connolly discuss the tribunal’s debatable power under the LCIA rules to make asset freezing orders, the lack of consensus as to whether it’s possible, and why you might be better off going before a court.