Arbitration weekly highlights—23 February 2023

Table of contents

• Arbitration under the Arbitration Act 1996
• AA 1996—context—arbitrator bias
• AA 1996—non-assignment clauses and transfer of right to arbitrate
• Partial but final—the requirements of an award under the AA 1996
• International arbitration
• France—admissibility of claim—award not set aside
• France—contract adaptation under French law—‘unforeseeability’ theory
• Sweden—award set aside—tribunal’s mandate exceeded
• Singapore—arbitration agreement and tribunal’s interpretation
• China—challenge dismissed—third-party funding

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Article summary

This week’s edition of Arbitration weekly highlights includes: coverage of three High Court cases under the Arbitration Act 1996 (AA 1996); coverage of arbitration-related decisions from France, Sweden, Singapore, China, Australia, the Cayman Islands and European Court of Human Rights (ECHR); investment treaty arbitration updates from the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) and the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL); and updates from FIFA, FINRA and the Hague Court of Arbitration for Aviation (HCAA). All this, and more, in our weekly highlights.