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04 October 2013
Issue: 7578 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , In Court
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Arbitration

London Steam Ship Owners Mutual Insurance Association Ltd v Kingdom of Spain [2013] EWHC 2840 (Comm), [2013] All ER (D) 196 (Sep)

Dallah Real Estate and Tourism Holding Co v Ministry of Religious Affairs, Government of Pakistan [2011] 1 All ER 485 provided that a person who denied being party to any relevant arbitration agreement had no obligation to participate in the arbitration or to take any steps in the country of the seat of what he maintained to be an invalid arbitration, leading to an invalid award against him. The party initiating the arbitration had to try to enforce the award where it could. Only then and there was it incumbent on the defendant denying the existence of any valid award to resist enforcement.

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Jurit LLP—Caroline Williams

Jurit LLP—Caroline Williams

Private wealth and tax team welcomes cross-border specialist as consultant

Freeths—Michelle Kirkland Elias

Freeths—Michelle Kirkland Elias

International hospitality and leisure specialist joins corporate team as partner

Flint Bishop—Deborah Niven

Flint Bishop—Deborah Niven

Firm appoints head of intellectual property to drive northern growth

NEWS
Talk of a reserved ‘Welsh seat’ on the Supreme Court is misplaced. In NLJ this week, Professor Graham Zellick KC explains that the Constitutional Reform Act treats ‘England and Wales’ as one jurisdiction, with no statutory Welsh slot
The government’s plan to curb jury trials has sparked ‘jury furore’. Writing in NLJ this week, David Locke, partner at Hill Dickinson, says the rationale is ‘grossly inadequate’
A year after the $1.5bn Bybit heist, crypto fraud is booming—but so is recovery. Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Holloway, founder and CEO of M2 Recovery, warns that scams hit at least $14bn in 2025, fuelled by ‘pig butchering’ cons and AI deepfakes
After Woodcock confirmed no general duty to warn, debate turns to the criminal law. Writing in NLJ this week, Charles Davey of The Barrister Group urges revival of misprision or a modern equivalent
Family courts are tightening control of expert evidence. Writing in NLJ this week, Dr Chris Pamplin says there is ‘no automatic right’ to call experts; attendance must be ‘necessary in the interests of justice’ under FPR Pt 25
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