International Quarterly archive

Issue 41, 2025

This issue focuses on recent developments in arbitration law and practice. We begin with the Arbitration Act 2025, which came into force on 1 August and modernises key aspects of the UK’s arbitral framework. We then examine Deinon Insurance Brokers LLC v Reen, a case decided under the Arbitration Act 1996, which offers insights as the UK transitions to the new legislation. This is followed by a review of Zhongshan Fucheng Industrial Investment Co Ltd v The Federal Republic of Nigeria, in which the BVI Commercial Court considered the scope of a state’s commitment under a bilateral investment treaty. The issue concludes with an analysis of Eletson Gas LLC v A Limited & Ors, a judgment clarifying principles on the recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards.

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The Arbitration Act 2025: a new era for UK arbitration? [1]

Collateral Attacks under the Arbitration Act: lessons learnt from Deinon v. Reen [2]

State immunity and the execution of investment treaty arbitral awards against state assets [3]

This town ain't big enough for the two of us: Eletson Gas LLC v A Limited & Ors [4]

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Issue 40, 2025

This issue focuses on recent developments in international arbitration and project disputes. We begin with a Privy Council decision offering rare guidance on interpreting standard FIDIC terms in Water and Sewerage Authority of Trinidad and Tobago v Waterworks Ltd. We then look to the UAE, where Dubai’s local onshore courts have for the first time recognised the “without prejudice” principle. This is followed by a review of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre’s 2025 Rules, which introduce new procedures and updates to existing processes. The issue concludes with an analysis of Destin Trading Inc v Saipem SA, a case highlighting risks at the intersection of settlement and arbitration agreements.

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FIDIC termination for convenience payment did not cover cancellation charges payable under subcontracts [6]

Recognition of “without prejudice” in the UAE [7]

SIAC introduces Seventh Edition of Rules [8]

Destin v Saipem: a cautionary tale on the interplay of settlement agreements and arbitration agreements [9]

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Issue 39, 2024

This issue focuses on updates and reforms across the global legal landscape, looking first at the latest update to the International Bar Association’s Guidelines on Conflicts of Interest in International Arbitration. We then look at a recent judgment which demonstrated the US Courts’ pro-arbitration and pro-enforcement stance, followed by reviewing an English High Court ruling that set aside a fabricated £70 million award where no arbitration agreement existed and no arbitration had taken place. The issue concludes with a consideration of a recent UK Supreme Court judgment which looked at the compensatory principle and the principle of mitigation.

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Update: the IBA Rules on Conflicts of Interest in International Arbitration 2024 [11]

US Court of Appeals upholds decision of the District Court to enforce Micula award against Romania [12]

English High Court sets aside fabricated £70 million arbitration award [13]

Mitigation, the compensatory principle and the law of damages: Sharp Corp Ltd v Viterra BV [2024] UKSC 14 [14]

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Issue 38, 2024

This issue focuses on updates and reforms across the global legal landscape, looking first at parallel building safety approaches in the UK and New Zealand as well as the respective stances on the recovery of costs and losses. We then turn to a review of full disclosure in arbitration, followed by a closer look at apparent bias and applications to remove arbitrators, with both articles referring to Halliburton v Chubb from 2020. The issue concludes with a summary of this year’s Vis Moot simulated court proceedings, which took place this March in Vienna.