Arbitration

Thomas R Snider, Dalal Alhouti & Robin Hayden consider the key developments in international arbitration in 2024 & what practitioners should watch for in 2025

What does the rest of 2025 have in store for international arbitration, and what are the key takeaways from 2024? Thomas R Snider, partner and head of international arbitration, Dalal Alhouti, knowledge development lawyer, and Robin Hayden, trainee solicitor, at Charles Russell Speechlys, set out the salient events in this week’s NLJ.

Ciarb’s Virtual Global Diploma offers in-depth training in international commercial arbitration

“It remains an indispensable resource for anyone engaged in the field of arbitration”

As the EU Artificial Intelligence Act rolls out, arbitrators must get to grips and ensure compliance with its ‘robust standards’. Writing in this week’s NLJ, Gustavo Moser, independent arbitrator and consultant, and arbitration specialist lawyer at Lexis+® UK Arbitration, gives the lowdown on the Act’s requirements and its implications for arbitrators.

As the EU Artificial Intelligence Act rolls out, Gustavo Moser sets out a practical checklist for managing AI usage in arbitration 

The Arbitration Bill has passed all parliamentary stages without amendment and is currently awaiting royal assent. 

Two defendant states, Spain and Zimbabwe, who challenged the registration in English courts of arbitration awards made against them, came a cropper in the Court of Appeal last year. Writing in this week’s NLJ, international arbitration specialists Neil Newing, partner, and Pietro Grassi, senior associate, at Signature Litigation, explore the ruling in the combined case and its implications.

The court has confirmed that states cannot rely on arguments of immunity to oppose the registration of ICSID awards: Neil Newing & Pietro Grassi examine the wider message for contracting states

Ambiguity over the governing law of arbitration agreements continues to spark debate. In July, meanwhile, the government reintroduced the Arbitration Bill, which would have altered the outcome in September of the Supreme Court case, UniCredit. In this week’s NLJ, Valya Georgieva, senior associate, Penningtons Manches Cooper, and Ravi Aswani, barrister, 36 Group, examine the court’s reasoning and consider how the outcome might have differed if the Arbitration Bill, currently before Parliament, had been in force.