https://s1-uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/WLN-PLCUK-SC_2609.2.2010/productViews/plcuk/Legal updateshttps://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.comArbitrationhttps://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I3502c08ac2f311f1a49dc6e79963ff6f/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I3502c08ac2f311f1a49dc6e79963ff6f/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Mon, 12 Oct 2026 00:00:00 CDTIn Taylor Wimpey UK Ltd v Taylor Woodrow Construction and another [2026] EWHC 2526 (TCC), Pepperall J, in the Technology and Construction Court (TCC), refused to strike out a claim under the Defective Premises Act 1972 as an abuse of process. The claimant was not the privy of an associated company whose claim for the same damage had been dismissed as statute-barred in an earlier arbitration. The court also rejected the argument that the claim was an impermissible collateral attack on the arbitral awards.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I3502c08ac2f311f1a49dc6e79963ff6f/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I3c68e8a3c5b011f19cb7bba67601920a/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I3c68e8a3c5b011f19cb7bba67601920a/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Mon, 12 Oct 2026 00:00:00 CDTIn DZD v DZE [2026] SGHC 199, the Singapore High Court set aside an ad hoc arbitration award against a non-participating respondent, finding no charterparty or arbitration agreement. The court rejected arguments based on section 2A(6) of the Singapore International Arbitration Act 1994, the respondent's payment of freight and the alleged formation of a charterparty by conduct.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I3c68e8a3c5b011f19cb7bba67601920a/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I5ec44eacc61211f1a49dc6e79963ff6f/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I5ec44eacc61211f1a49dc6e79963ff6f/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Mon, 12 Oct 2026 00:00:00 CDTWe have updated our practice note on solicitor apprenticeships.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I5ec44eacc61211f1a49dc6e79963ff6f/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Iebeb7684c2fc11f1a49dc6e79963ff6f/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Iebeb7684c2fc11f1a49dc6e79963ff6f/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 CDTIn National Oil Corporation v Al-Kharafi & Sons (RG No 25/82100), the Paris Court of First Instance upheld a seizure of assets held by Libya's National Oil Corporation (NOC), carried out to enforce a 2013 ICC arbitration award against Libya. The court held that NOC qualified as an emanation of the Libyan state, lacking both functional and patrimonial independence, meaning its assets could be seized to satisfy a judgment against Libya.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Iebeb7684c2fc11f1a49dc6e79963ff6f/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I76ca6195b0f011f1a4a6ef66852f62f9/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I76ca6195b0f011f1a4a6ef66852f62f9/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 CDTThe Chancellor will deliver the Autumn 2026 Budget on 28 October 2026. This update explains how Practical Law plans to cover the event.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I76ca6195b0f011f1a4a6ef66852f62f9/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I408dbb33c19611f1a49dc6e79963ff6f/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I408dbb33c19611f1a49dc6e79963ff6f/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 CDTIn SMM Cerro Verde Netherlands BV v Republic of Peru (ICSID Case No. ARB/20/14), an ICSID tribunal found that Peru breached the fair and equitable treatment standard under the Netherlands-Peru bilateral investment treaty due to non-transparent, procedurally improper and arbitrary conduct in administering tax assessments. The award illustrates how an investment tribunal can scrutinise how a state administers tax assessments, penalties, interest and stability commitments without necessarily overturning the underlying tax interpretation.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I408dbb33c19611f1a49dc6e79963ff6f/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I162f5074c0a911f1a49dc6e79963ff6f/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I162f5074c0a911f1a49dc6e79963ff6f/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 CDTIn Docket No I ZB 6/26, the German Federal Court of Justice confirmed that third-party notice (Streitverkündung) against an arbitrator is permitted in set-aside proceedings if a party believes it may have a damages claim against that arbitrator.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I162f5074c0a911f1a49dc6e79963ff6f/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I6d1b2590bbd811f19cb7bba67601920a/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I6d1b2590bbd811f19cb7bba67601920a/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 CDTA significant restructuring of the High Court of England and Wales took effect on 1 October 2026, with the introduction of the Business and Property Division (BPD) of the High Court. A suite of amendments has been made to reflect the creation of the BPD. Alongside these reforms, changes to CPR 62 and Practice Direction 62 clarify court rules on certain procedural aspects of arbitration claims.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I6d1b2590bbd811f19cb7bba67601920a/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I69e3b35dbd8b11f1a49dc6e79963ff6f/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I69e3b35dbd8b11f1a49dc6e79963ff6f/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 CDTIn The Russian Federation v Veteran Petroleum Ltd and others [2026] SGCA(I) 5, the Singapore Court of Appeal (COA) dismissed the Russian Federation's appeal, holding that the doctrine of transnational issue estoppel precluded Russia's reliance on state immunity to resist enforcement of three arbitral awards. The COA held that Russia was bound by the Dutch courts' prior, final determination as courts of the arbitral seat that Russia had agreed in writing to submit its dispute with the claimants to arbitration, and so was not entitled to state immunity under the State Immunity Act 1979.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I69e3b35dbd8b11f1a49dc6e79963ff6f/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I35be2d5bbc1b11f19cb7bba67601920a/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I35be2d5bbc1b11f19cb7bba67601920a/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 CDTIn Cyrus Capital Partners LP and Contrarian Capital Management LLC v United Mexican States (ICSID Case No ARB/23/33), an ICSID tribunal declined jurisdiction over claims arising from a Mexican court injunction affecting TV Azteca notes (debt securities). The tribunal held that the claimants, as investment managers, were not "investors" who owned or controlled an investment under articles 1116 and 1139 of NAFTA, and did not hold a "legacy investment" under annex 14-C of the USMCA.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I35be2d5bbc1b11f19cb7bba67601920a/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I3ac2fe42bc1811f19cb7bba67601920a/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I3ac2fe42bc1811f19cb7bba67601920a/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 CDTPractical Law provides free training on how to use Practical Law more effectively. This is available in a variety of formats, including live webinars and training videos.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I3ac2fe42bc1811f19cb7bba67601920a/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ided9911ebc0611f19cb7bba67601920a/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ided9911ebc0611f19cb7bba67601920a/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 CDTA stakeholder consultation on proposed amendments to the Hong Kong Arbitration Ordinance was launched following a review of the legislation by an expert working group. Proposals include a default rule on the governing law of the arbitration agreement, judicial review of negative jurisdictional rulings, and a framework for arbitration of trust disputes.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ided9911ebc0611f19cb7bba67601920a/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I19279eb0bb2011f1a49dc6e79963ff6f/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I19279eb0bb2011f1a49dc6e79963ff6f/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 CDTWe have published an article that provides some practical steps to help get in-house teams started on establishing a pro bono programme.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I19279eb0bb2011f1a49dc6e79963ff6f/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Id8b72cf4bb1b11f19cb7bba67601920a/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Id8b72cf4bb1b11f19cb7bba67601920a/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 CDTWe have published an article highlighting what's on the agenda for in-house lawyers in October 2026.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Id8b72cf4bb1b11f19cb7bba67601920a/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I115b0453b8ba11f19cb7bba67601920a/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I115b0453b8ba11f19cb7bba67601920a/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 CDTIn DWJ v DWK [2026] SGHC(I) 18, the Singapore International Commercial Court dismissed an application to set aside a SIAC arbitration award where the respondent had declined to participate in the arbitration. The court rejected challenges based on breach of natural justice, fraud and public policy, holding that voluntary abstention from arbitration cannot ground a set-aside application.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I115b0453b8ba11f19cb7bba67601920a/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I84e38794b72911f19cb7bba67601920a/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I84e38794b72911f19cb7bba67601920a/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 CDTIn Yukos Capital Ltd v The Russian Federation [2026] EWHC 1918 (Comm), the English Commercial Court held that a Swiss judgment dismissing an application to set aside an arbitral award did not give rise to cause of action estoppel or issue estoppel. Russia was therefore not precluded from asserting state immunity in English award enforcement proceedings.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I84e38794b72911f19cb7bba67601920a/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I8ae0493eb64411f1a49dc6e79963ff6f/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I8ae0493eb64411f1a49dc6e79963ff6f/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 CDTIn Zhejiang Crystal-Optech Co Ltd v Moveon Technologies Pte Ltd [2026] SGHC 186, the Singapore High Court set aside an enforcement order in respect of an interim award issued by a CIETAC emergency arbitrator, holding that the emergency arbitrator lacked the power to grant interim measures under the applicable law (Chinese law) or the parties' agreement. The decision provides important guidance on the limits of emergency arbitrator powers in China-seated CIETAC arbitrations and the primacy of the lex arbitri in determining those powers.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I8ae0493eb64411f1a49dc6e79963ff6f/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Icf8e87e9b5a911f1a49dc6e79963ff6f/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Icf8e87e9b5a911f1a49dc6e79963ff6f/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 CDTIn 廈門新景地集團有限公司 v Eton Properties Ltd and Eton Properties (Holdings) Ltd [2026] HKCFI 5258, the Hong Kong Court of First Instance held that the pursuit of Xiamen court proceedings by Hong Kong award debtors constituted a vexatious and oppressive attempt to frustrate enforcement of a CIETAC award in Hong Kong and relitigate matters already decided by the Hong Kong courts.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Icf8e87e9b5a911f1a49dc6e79963ff6f/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ifd60455bb34e11f1a85a97c6d86a7022/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ifd60455bb34e11f1a85a97c6d86a7022/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Fri, 18 Sep 2026 00:00:00 CDTIn Docket No I ZB 107/25, the German Federal Court of Justice confirmed the enforceability of a foreign award against Libya, rejecting the sovereign immunity objection raised by Libya.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ifd60455bb34e11f1a85a97c6d86a7022/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Icc545ea0b11b11f1a85a97c6d86a7022/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Icc545ea0b11b11f1a85a97c6d86a7022/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Wed, 16 Sep 2026 00:00:00 CDTIn TikTok Inc v Rosendin Electric Inc [2026] IEHC 555, the Irish High Court exercised its jurisdiction under article 27 of the UNCITRAL Model Law and section 15 of the Irish Arbitration Act 2010 to give effect to a request for international judicial assistance issued by a US-based arbitrator. The court directed a witness, a US citizen residing in Dublin, to attend for examination on oath in aid of a commercial arbitration pending in California. This is the first reported Irish decision in which the court has ordered the taking of evidence from a non-party witness to assist a foreign arbitral tribunal.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Icc545ea0b11b11f1a85a97c6d86a7022/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Id086ce77b01211f1a4a6ef66852f62f9/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Id086ce77b01211f1a4a6ef66852f62f9/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 CDTIn DWL v DWM [2026] SGHC 179, the Singapore High Court dismissed an application to set aside a Singapore-seated arbitral award under section 24 of the Singapore International Arbitration Act 1994. In doing so, the court considered whether a tribunal's reliance on contractual provisions not expressly raised by the parties could support a successful challenge on the grounds of excess of jurisdiction or breach of the fair hearing rule.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Id086ce77b01211f1a4a6ef66852f62f9/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Id59ef606ad4c11f1858dc303bc627988/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Id59ef606ad4c11f1858dc303bc627988/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Fri, 11 Sep 2026 00:00:00 CDTIn MetaCorp International Inc v [Defendant] (ECLI:NL:GHDHA:2026:2532), the Court of Appeal of The Hague dismissed MetaCorp's application to set aside, or partially set aside, a Netherlands Arbitration Institute (NAI) award, rejecting both a challenge to the impartiality of the defendant's appointed arbitrator and an attack on the statutory interest start date fixed by the tribunal. The underlying arbitration concerned the buyback of shares that a former chief executive officer of MetaCorp was required to transfer to the company on the termination of their employment in 2020.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Id59ef606ad4c11f1858dc303bc627988/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ib6866c7bad0111f18fc1891fbf1e1888/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ib6866c7bad0111f18fc1891fbf1e1888/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Thu, 10 Sep 2026 00:00:00 CDTIn Legacy Vulcan, LLC v United Mexican States (ICSID Case No ARB/19/1), an ICSID tribunal found that Mexico had breached NAFTA article 1105 regarding two quarrying lots, but the majority awarded damages for only one of the properties.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ib6866c7bad0111f18fc1891fbf1e1888/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I5457523bacb911f18fc1891fbf1e1888/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I5457523bacb911f18fc1891fbf1e1888/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Thu, 10 Sep 2026 00:00:00 CDTWe have published a new Case study, Commencing ICC arbitration (2026 Rules), which illustrates the commencement of an International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) arbitration under the ICC Rules of Arbitration 2026.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I5457523bacb911f18fc1891fbf1e1888/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I54575070acb911f18fc1891fbf1e1888/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I54575070acb911f18fc1891fbf1e1888/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Thu, 10 Sep 2026 00:00:00 CDTIn O v S [2026] HKCFI 4910, the Hong Kong Court of First Instance refused an award debtor's application to set aside an HKIAC partial award that it alleged was tainted by apparent bias because the presiding arbitrator had, in an earlier (apparently unconnected) arbitration, ruled against a witness who gave evidence for the award debtor in the later arbitration.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I54575070acb911f18fc1891fbf1e1888/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I01cf0f2da86711f1858dc303bc627988/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I01cf0f2da86711f1858dc303bc627988/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Fri, 04 Sep 2026 00:00:00 CDTIn The Tata Power Company Ltd v Kleros Capital Partners Ltd [2026] SGHC(I) 15, the Singapore International Commercial Court dismissed an apparent-bias challenge against arbitrators in a SIAC arbitration, ruling that the challenging party had not sufficiently proved that the alleged bias from alleged non-disclosures and third-party funding links indicated a danger that a fair determination of the dispute was not possible.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I01cf0f2da86711f1858dc303bc627988/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I58ba60e4a7be11f1858dc303bc627988/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I58ba60e4a7be11f1858dc303bc627988/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Fri, 04 Sep 2026 00:00:00 CDTIn ECLI:NL:GHDHA:2026:2472, The Hague Court of Appeal declined to set aside an UNCITRAL award in favour of Tanzania's roads agency due to the claimants' failure to comply with applicable requirements and time limits under the Dutch Arbitration Act. The court found that the fact that the claimants' lawyers in the arbitration were unfamiliar with Dutch arbitration law was at their own risk.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I58ba60e4a7be11f1858dc303bc627988/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ic8581132a6b911f1858dc303bc627988/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ic8581132a6b911f1858dc303bc627988/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Fri, 04 Sep 2026 00:00:00 CDTWe have updated our resources for trainees, new joiners and those putting together training materials for them.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ic8581132a6b911f1858dc303bc627988/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I58ba3dc3a7be11f1858dc303bc627988/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I58ba3dc3a7be11f1858dc303bc627988/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Fri, 04 Sep 2026 00:00:00 CDTWe have published a new Article, France's new arbitration decree of 6 August 2026: Key takeaways for international arbitration, which considers Decree No 2026-741 of 6 August 2026, introducing the first proposals for reform of French arbitration law in fifteen years.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I58ba3dc3a7be11f1858dc303bc627988/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ide4351daa79311f18fc1891fbf1e1888/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ide4351daa79311f18fc1891fbf1e1888/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 CDTIn Zoo Property Wealth Builder Pty Ltd v Australia Red Hill Real Estate Group Pty Ltd [2026] VSC 509, the Supreme Court of Victoria refused to hear substantive arguments as to the validity of the underlying contract and arbitration agreement in the context of an application to appoint an arbitrator. In doing so, the court confirmed that complex jurisdictional challenges, including forgery and non est factum, are for the tribunal, not the court, to resolve.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ide4351daa79311f18fc1891fbf1e1888/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29