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Cost and delay remain the two areas of greatest concern to parties in arbitration. A particular source of frustration is that it can sometimes take many months for arbitrators to...

The recent Court of King's Bench of Alberta decision in 2329716 Alberta Ltd v. Randhawa [Randhawa] considered whether the court has jurisdiction to hear an interim injunction where the...

Last month saw the end of the second round of the UK Law Commission’s consultation on reform of the Arbitration Act 1996, the legislation which provides the framework for arbitration in...

On June 14, 2023, the Ministry of Law and Justice constituted an expert committee for evaluating the working of the Arbitration law in India, examine its strengths and weaknesses, and recommend the...

The recent Court of Kings Bench of Alberta decision in 2329716 Alberta Ltd v. Randhawa [Randhawa] considered whether the court has jurisdiction to hear an interim injunction where the contracting parties agreed to resolve their disputes by arbitration. As explained below, the court found that the parties in that case were required to seek such relief from an arbitrator, and not the court.

Late last week, the Supreme Court handed down an important decision involving the Federal Arbitration Act in Coinbase v. Bielski.

The Act currently does not contain provisions about confidentiality. The Law Commission considered whether the Act should provide a default rule that arbitrations are confidential, with a list of exceptions.

The Meghalaya High Court while upholding an arbitral award has ordered the Public Works Department (National Highway) to pay a contractor Rs. 10 lakh over and above the award amount, saying that PWD...

India opens door to arbitration reform in bid to improve dispute resolution ecosystem

The Calcutta High Court has reiterated that the remedy under Article 227 of the Constitution of India against the order of the Arbitral Tribunal rejecting the challenge to its jurisdiction under...