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Author: Harsh Khanchandani*    Jurisdiction:  India United Kingdom Canada United States Australia Topics: Agreement to Arbitrate Enforcement of Arbitration Agreement Existence and Validity of Agreement to Arbitrate Commercial Disputes Introduction The basis of arbitration is party consent. But whether parties have in fact agreed to arbitrate is often much more […]

One Word, Two Worlds: What “Can” really means in Permissive ...

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Authors: Charles Michel* and Thomas Charnotet**   Jurisdiction:  European Union Global Topics: Arbitration Generally Arbitration Decisions   Introduction Every generation believes its crisis is unprecedented. Ours may, in fact, have a claim to that title. The world is more multipolar than at any point since 1945, yet multilateralism has rarely […]

The Last Court Standing: Arbitration in a World at War ...

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Author: Rana Sajjad* This blog post is the final part of a three-part series on “Multi-Intelligence Justice”, a term coined by the author while conceiving the idea of Multi-Intelligence Justice which he has developed into a jurisprudential theory. In part I, the author introduced the idea of Multi-Intelligence Justice and explained the […]

Multi-Intelligence Justice in International Arbitration

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Author: Yash Sinha* Jurisdiction:  India   Topics: Arbitration Interim Measures of Protection Enforcement of Arbitration Awards   Arbitration works because of one promise. A party that wins its case should be able to enforce what it won, on a predictable timeline. In April 2026, the Supreme Court of India (“the […]

Should Losing Parties in India Receive Post-Award Interim Relief

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Author: Fahad Bin Tariq* Jurisdictions:   Pakistan England Wales Topics:  Arbitration Dispute Resolution International Arbitration Three Filings, Three Rescues from Abroad A party facing a foreign-seated arbitration or the award that resulted from it has used the jurisdiction of a Lahore court three times in the last ten years to stop […]

Seated Elsewhere, Sued at Home: Pakistan’s Unheard Answer to Star ...

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Author: Rana Sajjad* This blog post is Part II of a three-part series on “Multi-Intelligence Justice”, a term coined by the author while conceiving the idea of Multi-Intelligence Justice which he has developed into a jurisprudential theory. In part I, the author introduced the idea of Multi-Intelligence Justice and explained the rationale […]

Multi-Intelligence Justice in International Arbitration

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Author: IY Joseph Cho*   Jurisdictions:   Republic of Korea Democratic People’s Republic of Korea The United Nations Topics:  Enforcement of Arbitral Awards The New York Convention Mandatory Rules   North Korea is a paradox for the law of enforcement. On paper, it is among the world’s most judgment-laden states: U.S. […]

The Sanctions Wall: What Remains of an Arbitral Award Against—or ...

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Authors: Pavitra Singh and Sambhav Sharma*   Jurisdiction:  India USA Topics: Arbitration Interim Measures of Protection Practice and Procedure   In February 2026, the Delhi High Court in Khurana Educational Society v. Shashi Bala set aside an arbitrator’s order directing a party to deposit recurring monetary amounts under Section 17 […]

Alleged Financial Distress is Not a Blank Check: India Draws ...

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Author: Rana Sajjad* This blog post is Part I of a three-part series on “Multi-Intelligence Justice”, a term coined by the author while conceiving the idea of Multi-Intelligence Justice which he has developed into a jurisprudential theory. In the next two installments of this series, the author will propose a Multi-Intelligence Justice […]

Multi-Intelligence Justice in International Arbitration

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Author: Maria Rouchota* Jurisdictions:  European Union Luxembourg Topics: Investment Disputes European Court of Justice (ECJ) Sanctions   Introduction A sanctions measure renewed every six months is, in law, temporary. But can it remain so indefinitely? The pending proceedings in Mikhail Fridman v Grand Duchy of Luxembourg bring that question into […]

How Long Is Too Long? Reviewability and Indirect Expropriation in ...

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Authors: Kshitij Saruparia & Apeksha Kachhawaha* Jurisdictions:   India Bangladesh Italy Topics:  BITs Court Decisions Investment Disputes National Legislation   I. Introduction On 29 May 2026, the Supreme Court of India ordered a state-owned road corporation to pay an arbitral award rendered in August 2014, under a concession agreement terminated in […]

The Supervisory Court as an Organ of the State: MPRDC ...

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Author: Michael Sweig* Jurisdictions:  British Columbia Canada Baja California Sur Mexico Topics: Applicable Conflict-of-Laws System Enforcement of Arbitral Awards Relief and Remedies in General I.    Introduction A shareholder loan creditor in British Columbia obtained a Provincial court money judgment against anindividual debtor. The debtor, as company president, had looted the […]

Dépeçage in International Commercial Arbitration

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