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The Fundamental Problem International arbitration is facing continued (if not increased) problems stemming from multitier arbitration clauses. What should happen when one party has not complied with a pre-arbitral step but nonetheless commenced arbitral proceedings? Typically, the parties have a satellite dispute: on one side, whether the commencement of the arbitration is void thus depriving the arbitral tribunal of all jurisdiction due to the non-compliance and on the other side, whether such non-compliance is an issue of admissibility that falls within the arbitral tribunal’s remit to ad...

Two senior judges have heard cases before Hong Kong’s highest court within the past few days, fuelling controversy over the role of the British legal profession in the former colony.In one, a former

BVI court puts off Reko Diq case hearing till 18th Top Story January 10, 2021 LONDON: The High Court of Justice in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) has postponed the hearing on the enforcement of the US$6 billion award in the Reko Diq case until January 18, and Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) assets registered in the BVI jurisdiction remain frozen. The News has learnt that the hearing on Thursday lasted only for about half an hour and Justice Gerhard Wallbank of the BVI High Court of Justice, after dealing with some procedural matters, fixed the new hearing date for January 18 when Pa...

New date for Reko Diq case at BVI court National January 10, 2021 LONDON: The High Court of Justice in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) has postponed the hearing on the enforcement of the $6 billion award in the Reko Diq case until the 18th January and meanwhile Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) assets registered in the BVI jurisdiction remain frozen. The News and Geo has learnt that the hearing on Thursday lasted only for about half an hour and Justice Gerhard Wallbank of the BVI High Court of Justice, after dealing with some procedural matters, fixed the new hearing date for 18th of J...

Introduction 1. On Sunday 20 November 2016, probably in the early hours of that day, S then aged 10, died in her bedroom at the family home. This case is concerned with the question as to whether the circumstances of her death pose a risk to her younger siblings so as to require the intervention of the state. 2. The family home was that of her parents. Also living there were two older brothers, E and W. S also had three younger siblings, a sister X and two brothers, Z and A. Apart from them, nobody else lived in the house. 3. On the night in question the whole family were present in the ...