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Arbitration weekly highlights—23 August 2018

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Published on: 23 August 2018

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Table of contents

Arbitration under the AA 1996 (E&W)
Discontinuing enforcement proceedings
International arbitration
Australia—arbitration agreements
Insight into the African Arbitration Association
Hong Kong—approval of third-party funding agreement denied
Investment treaty arbitration
ICSID—initial 2018 caseload statistics
ICSID—provisional measures
Institutional and ad hoc arbitration

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Article summary

This week’s edition of Arbitration highlights includes further coverage of the Court of Appeal judgment in Stati v Kazakhstan and an interview with the secretary general of the African Arbitration Association. All this, and more, in our weekly highlights.

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