Archive for August, 2020

Tatneft v Ukraine: U.S. District Court explains impartiality and public policy

Tatneft v Ukraine: U.S. District Court explains impartiality and public policy

By a decision handed down on 24 August 2020 in PAO Tatneft v Ukraine, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia rejected an application by Ukraine to set aside an award enforcement order. Tatneft, the fifth largest oil company in Russia, brought the action to enforce a UNCITRAL arbitral award entered against […]

Kazakhstan Defeats Enforcement of Investment Arbitration Award Against National Bank Assets

Kazakhstan Defeats Enforcement of Investment Arbitration Award Against National Bank Assets

The Svea Court of Appeal, on June 17th 2020, handed down its decision in the Republic of Kazakhstan v Stati et al annulling orders of attachment against assets of the National Bank of Kazakhstan. The court ruling is the latest development in the protracted process of enforcement of an SCC investor-state award granted against Kazakhstan […]

English Court Rejects Contempt Application Calling It Personal Vengeance

English Court Rejects Contempt Application Calling It Personal Vengeance

In Navigator Equities Ltd & Anor v Deripaska [2020] EWHC 1798 (Comm), the High Court of England and Wales, on 17th July 2020, held that the claimant’s contempt application was an abuse of process as being primarily motivated by personal animosity against the counterparty.  In this large-value dispute emerging from Russia, the judge emphasized that […]

Arbitration.ru Issue #20, July 2020
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Arbitration.ru Issue #20, July 2020

Что такое чрезвычайный арбитраж? Это блиц. Благодаря обеспечительным мерам одна сторона может быстро завоевать такое положение, при котором другой стороне (компании или даже целому государству) будет впоследствии очень трудно изменить баланс сил в свою сторону. Процедура чрезвычайного арбитража несколько отличается от традиционного третейского разбирательства, причем разные арбитражные институты предлагают свои регламенты ее проведения. А ставки […]

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