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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 ...


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


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



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 ...


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


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 ...



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 ...


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


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 ...



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 ...


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


Author: Fahad Bin Tariq* Jurisdiction:  Pakistan Topics: Arbitration Dispute Resolution International Arbitration   Introduction Pakistan has two statutes regulating arbitration, one from each era, for a different purpose. The procedures for arbitration in this country are prescribed by the Arbitration Act 1940[i], which is a colonial statute, previous to both […]

Seated but Unsettled: Which Law Governs an International Arbitration Seated ...