Hong Kong DoJ Opens Consultation on Arbitration Ordinance Reform
The Department of Justice (DoJ) of Hong Kong has launched a month-long consultation seeking stakeholder input on proposed amendments to the Arbitration Ordinance (Cap. 609).This i...
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Argentina to Seek ITLOS Arbitration and Provisional Measures over Sea Lion Oil Project in Malvinas
Argentina is advancing plans to file for arbitration against the United Kingdom pursuant to Annex VII of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), in an effort...
Supreme Court of India Allows Inclusion of Non-Signatories in Property Arbitration
On October 12, 2026, the Supreme Court of India ruled that persons who have not signed an arbitration agreement can be included in arbitration proceedings if the dispute directly...
Moonshot AI in Settlement Talks with Recurrent.ai Over Hong Kong Shareholder Arbitration
Moonshot AI is holding settlement talks with shareholder Recurrent.ai regarding an ongoing shareholder arbitration at the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC). The d...
ICC Tribunal Finds Venture Global Breached LNG Obligations to Galp Trading
Venture Global said the ICC International Court of Arbitration informed its subsidiary, Venture Global Calcasieu Pass, LLC, on October 7, 2026, that an arbitral tribunal ha...
CORD Releases 2026 Arbitration Rules with AI Guidance and Appeal Option
On 4 September 2026, the Centre for Online Resolution of Disputes (CORD) announced major revisions to its Arbitration Rules.The updates include detailed AI usage guardrails, an op...
General Hydrocarbons Proposes Partial Settlement of USD 105 Million Arbitral Award to Dolphin Drilling
General Hydrocarbons Limited (GHL), a Nigerian oil exploration company, has approached Dolphin Drilling with a proposal to settle an outstanding arbitral award related to unpaid f...
Elliott Associates Awarded US$113 Million in Korea-US FTA Arbitration
Elliott Associates was awarded approximately US$48.49 million in damages, plus interest and costs, by an arbitral tribunal operating under the Korea-US Free Trade Agreement. The c...
European Commission Refers Hungary to EU Court Over Intra-EU Investor-State Arbitration Rules
The European Commission has decided to refer Hungary to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) for its failure to prevent violations of EU rules prohibiting intra-EU in...
Burford Capital Files ICSID Arbitration Against Argentina Over YPF Expropriation
Burford Capital has initiated arbitration against Argentina at the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) following the expropriation of YPF.This comes...
Supreme Court of India Clarifies Section 17 and Section 9 Arbitration Act Jurisdiction
The Supreme Court of India issued a ruling addressing the relationship between Section 17 and Section 9 orders under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. The Court clarifie...
Supreme Court of India Allows District Courts to Hear Arbitral Award Challenges Where No Commercial Court Exists
The Supreme Court of India ruled that, in the absence of a designated commercial court, a petition challenging an arbitral award under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliati...
California Attorney General to Oversee Kaiser Permanente Medical Arbitration System
California has enacted Assembly Bill 1770, giving the state attorney general oversight of Kaiser Permanente's medical arbitration process after ongoing concerns about fairness. Th...
Supreme Court of India Clarifies Juridical Seat Versus Venue in Arbitration Proceedings
The Supreme Court of India ruled that the location where arbitration proceedings are conducted does not itself determine the juridical seat of arbitration unless expressly stated...
Argentina to File Arbitration Against United Kingdom over Falklands Oil Project
The Argentine government, at the direction of President Javier Milei, has instructed its Foreign Ministry to commence arbitration proceedings against the United Kingdom to block t...
Supreme Court Upholds Forensic Audit Order in Daiichi Sankyo-Fortis Arbitration
The Supreme Court of India has declined to interfere with a Delhi High Court order that directs a forensic audit relating to the alleged dissipation of Fortis shares during the Da...
Cameroon Ordered to Pay €78.5 Million Plus Interest in ICSID Arbitration over Olembé Stadium Dispute
An ICSID tribunal has ruled against Cameroon, ordering it to pay €78.5 million plus interest to Italian contractor Gruppo Officine Piccini in a dispute over the termination of the...
Tribunal Finds Municipality of Lima Breached Concession Contract with Rutas de Lima
An arbitral tribunal ruled that the Metropolitan Municipality of Lima (MML) breached its concession contract with Rutas de Lima by attempting an early unilateral termination in 20...
Illinois Supreme Court Rejects Arbitration of Wrongful Death Claims in Uber Case
The Illinois Supreme Court has decided that Uber cannot compel arbitration in wrongful death claims brought by a widow on behalf of her deceased husband. The court unanimously hel...
Supreme Court of India Clarifies Venue vs. Seat in Arbitration and Restores Section 34 Challenge
The Supreme Court of India clarified that the venue of arbitration proceedings does not, by itself, establish the juridical seat of arbitration.The Court set aside the Orissa High...
Italian Supreme Court: Arbitral Award Against Consortium Not Automatically Binding on Non-Participating Members
The Italian Supreme Court addressed whether members of a consortium are automatically bound by an arbitral award rendered against the consortium if they were not parties to the pr...
Nigeria Wins ICC Arbitration in $2.7B Mambilla Project Dispute; Malami Denies Corruption Findings
On September 16, 2026, an ICC arbitral tribunal in Paris issued a final award rejecting claims by Sunrise Power and Transmission Company Limited against Nigeria relating to the lo...
Iraq and Turkiye Defer $1.47B ICC Arbitration Award Payment
Iraq and Turkiye have agreed to delay the settlement of a $1.471 billion arbitration award by the International Chamber of Commerce tribunal against Turkiye concerning unauthorize...
Cox Awarded €198 Million in Ghana Desalination Plant Arbitration
Cox, through Befesa Desalination Developments Ghana Limited, has won a major arbitration against Ghana Water Company Limited and the Republic of Ghana.The dispute centered on the...
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