Practical Law

In the recent case of A Company v X, the English Technology and Construction Court granted an injunction to prevent an expert witness from acting for a party in arbitration proceedings in circumstances where a colleague of the expert at the same global consultancy firm was already acting for the other party in separate arbitration … Continue reading Walking the line: independence and the party-appointed expert →

In September 2016, new Russian arbitration legislation came into force addressing the arbitrability of corporate disputes in relation to Russian companies. Before this, there had been a number of Russian court decisions that had cast doubt over the arbitrability of corporate disputes so the new legislation was seen as a good thing, even if some … Continue reading Arbitrating corporate disputes in Russia: the conditions and what they mean for arbitration clauses →