by Editor | Jun 15, 2017 | International Conventions, Jurisdiction + Forum
Jean-Michel Moriniere, UAE jm@moriniere.org On 5 June 2017, three of the six members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (“GCC”), the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (“KSA”), the Federation of the United Arab Emirates (“UAE”) and the Kingdom of Bahrain (“Bahrain”) have decided to...
by Editor | Apr 25, 2017 | Jurisdiction + Forum, Summaries of Cases
Arnold Van Steenderen, Van Steenderen Mainport Lawyers, Rotterdam Baltic Cable AB in Malmö, Sweden, owns and operates a 600 submarine high voltage, direct current link between Trelleborg, Sweden and Lübeck, Germany. This link...
by Editor | Mar 7, 2017 | Jurisdiction + Forum, Summaries of Cases
Gavin Magrath, Magrath’s International Legal Counsel The Ontario Court of Appeal recently confirmed that parties who enter into contractual arrangements that include a forum selection clause must show strong cause why they should not be enforced if suit is...
by Editor | Jun 9, 2016 | Jurisdiction + Forum, Summaries of Cases
Ik Wei Chong, Clyde + Co, Shanghai Ref: Siemens International Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd vs. Shanghai Golden Landmark Co., Ltd (2013) Hu Yi Zhong Min Ren (Wai Zhong) Zi No. 2 (27 November 2015) (Shanghai No.1 Intermediate People’s Court). In a recent case in the...
by Editor | Dec 23, 2015 | Jurisdiction + Forum
Ik Wei Chong, Clyde + Co, Shanghai There are very few instances where an arbitration agreement, which provides for the arbitration to be administered by a non-Chinese arbitral institution (such as the ICC) under its arbitration rules, also provides for the seat of...
by Editor | Sep 21, 2015 | Jurisdiction + Forum, National Issues
Pauline Barrett, New Zeeland pauline.barratt@jonesfee.com Ref: Glencore Grain BV v The Ship Lancelot V [2015] NZHC 1874, 10 August 2015, Davidson J At the time this article was being written, the Panama-registered, Marshall Islands-owned and Greek-managed Handymax...
