https://s1-uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/WLN-PLCUK-SC_2608.1.2007/productViews/plcuk/Legal updateshttps://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.comArbitrationhttps://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ia9a01c0da1c411f18fc1891fbf1e1888/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ia9a01c0da1c411f18fc1891fbf1e1888/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Fri, 28 Aug 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/Ia9a01c0da1c411f18fc1891fbf1e1888/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I9f9af1faa15111f1858dc303bc627988/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I9f9af1faa15111f1858dc303bc627988/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Wed, 26 Aug 2026 00:00:00 CDTOn 9 July 2026, China designated the Beijing No 4 Intermediate People's Court as the competent domestic court for the recognition and enforcement of ICSID awards in China.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I9f9af1faa15111f1858dc303bc627988/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Id17645fda06b11f18fc1891fbf1e1888/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Id17645fda06b11f18fc1891fbf1e1888/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:00:00 CDTIn Samsung E&A (Thailand) Co Ltd v Linklaters LLP [2026] SGHCR 31, the Singapore High Court (Assistant Registrar) partly allowed an application for production of documents in support of an application to disqualify an international law firm from acting for the respondent in a Singapore-seated SIAC arbitration. The court held that conflict of interest was not itself material; the real question was whether there was a risk of misuse of confidential information. Production was ordered only of documents evidencing information barriers and team composition.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Id17645fda06b11f18fc1891fbf1e1888/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I8ef3b1e39e2511f182cdae544046ea5d/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I8ef3b1e39e2511f182cdae544046ea5d/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Mon, 24 Aug 2026 00:00:00 CDTWe have published an article highlighting what's on the agenda for in-house lawyers in September 2026.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I8ef3b1e39e2511f182cdae544046ea5d/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I617c2ba19b1511f1a067dfea3d24ddcb/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I617c2ba19b1511f1a067dfea3d24ddcb/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:00:00 CDTOn 17 August 2026, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) published a warning notice (notice) on the misuse of artificial intelligence (AI) in the provision of legal services. Although directed at firms and individuals regulated by the SRA, the notice is also likely to be relevant to other authorised persons practising within SRA-regulated firms. The notice focuses on two particular concerns: AI hallucinations in court documents or legal work, and risks to client confidentiality when using AI systems.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I617c2ba19b1511f1a067dfea3d24ddcb/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ic897a9449bbe11f1a067dfea3d24ddcb/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ic897a9449bbe11f1a067dfea3d24ddcb/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:00:00 CDTIn Cardno ME Ltd v Central Bank of Iraq (RG No 26/81228), the Paris Court of First Instance revoked an enforcement order that had enabled Cardno ME Limited to seize assets belonging to the Central Bank of Iraq held with the Banque de France in execution of a 2023 ICC award. The court found that the creditor had failed to prove the two cumulative conditions required under article L153-1 of the French Monetary and Financial Code to displace the immunity from seizure enjoyed by foreign central banks.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ic897a9449bbe11f1a067dfea3d24ddcb/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/If593977a9b0811f18517a29fb07d803e/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/If593977a9b0811f18517a29fb07d803e/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:00:00 CDTIn Cases 4A_531/2025 and 4A_633/2025, the Swiss Supreme Court dismissed a Singaporean company's challenge to an award in which a Geneva-seated tribunal declined jurisdiction under the Agreement Establishing the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Area (AANZFTA). The court confirmed that, to be protected under that treaty, an investment requires a contribution, which was not satisfied by the claimant's acquisition of an Australian company through an intra-group share swap. It also rejected the claimant's revision request alleging arbitrator bias.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/If593977a9b0811f18517a29fb07d803e/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I1f569e7c97d311f1a067dfea3d24ddcb/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I1f569e7c97d311f1a067dfea3d24ddcb/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Fri, 14 Aug 2026 00:00:00 CDTIn DVV v DVW [2026] SGHC 164, the Singapore High Court dismissed set-aside applications which challenged an arbitrator's decision to assess the quantum of claims under a construction subcontract but reserving his jurisdiction to make a payment order until questions of apportionment between joint venture partners were determined in a parallel arbitration.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I1f569e7c97d311f1a067dfea3d24ddcb/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I6693414a95bd11f1a067dfea3d24ddcb/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I6693414a95bd11f1a067dfea3d24ddcb/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Wed, 12 Aug 2026 00:00:00 CDTIn Naftiran Intertrade Co (NICO) Ltd v Kingdom of Bahrain (ICSID Case No ARB/22/34), an ICSID tribunal dismissed Bahrain's preliminary objections to jurisdiction and admissibility. It found that NICO retained Malaysian nationality from December 2014 to March 2018 despite removal from the Labuan register in Malaysia, that its claims were not an abuse of process and that the relevant bilateral investment treaty did not apply retroactively.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I6693414a95bd11f1a067dfea3d24ddcb/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I5596d762795611ec9f24ec7b211d8087/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I5596d762795611ec9f24ec7b211d8087/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Mon, 10 Aug 2026 00:00:00 CDTIn Ralphs Grocery Co., the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) invited the submission of briefs on its standard of review for employment arbitration clauses including those with savings clauses and confidentiality provisions.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I5596d762795611ec9f24ec7b211d8087/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I32d973de932911f18517a29fb07d803e/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I32d973de932911f18517a29fb07d803e/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Mon, 10 Aug 2026 00:00:00 CDTIn Case No А63-28745/2025, the Arbitrazh Court of the North Caucasus District dismissed an appeal brought on grounds that enforcement of an arbitral award would violate Russian public policy because the award creditor's shareholders were registered in an "unfriendly state" under Russian counter-sanctions.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I32d973de932911f18517a29fb07d803e/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ia33e2f2990bb11f1a5d7f2da0fe3cb84/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ia33e2f2990bb11f1a5d7f2da0fe3cb84/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Wed, 05 Aug 2026 00:00:00 CDTWe have published a new Practice note, Drafting Effective Arbitration Agreements Providing for a Seat in Saudi Arabia: Overview, which discusses the key factors for parties to consider when drafting arbitration agreements providing for arbitration seated in Saudi Arabia.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ia33e2f2990bb11f1a5d7f2da0fe3cb84/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I5a6034338f2d11f1a067dfea3d24ddcb/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I5a6034338f2d11f1a067dfea3d24ddcb/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Tue, 04 Aug 2026 00:00:00 CDTThe Vienna International Arbitral Centre (VIAC) has published VIAC Guidelines for Arbitrators (2026): Strengthening Efficiency & Clarity in VIAC Proceedings, providing updated practical guidance to support arbitrators in proceedings under the Vienna Rules and promote efficient cooperation with VIAC.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I5a6034338f2d11f1a067dfea3d24ddcb/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I25cc59a28fce11f1a5d7f2da0fe3cb84/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I25cc59a28fce11f1a5d7f2da0fe3cb84/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Tue, 04 Aug 2026 00:00:00 CDTOn 4 August 2026, the European Commission opened an in-depth investigation to assess whether an arbitration award ordering Spain to pay EUR23.5 million in compensation to JGC Holdings Corporation for changes to a renewable energy support scheme is compatible with EU state aid rules.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I25cc59a28fce11f1a5d7f2da0fe3cb84/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ieeb2ea478ff811f1a067dfea3d24ddcb/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ieeb2ea478ff811f1a067dfea3d24ddcb/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Tue, 04 Aug 2026 00:00:00 CDTIn Spain v Blasket Renewable Investments LLC (ECLI:NL:RBROT:2026:8903), the Rotterdam District Court lifted an attachment levied by an assignee of an ICSID award against real estate in Utrecht owned by Spain. The court held that enforcement was void for defective service of the writ and that the property benefited from immunity from execution in any event. The court further observed in an obiter dictum that the EU state aid standstill obligation under article 108(3) of the TFEU may very well independently bar payment of the award.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ieeb2ea478ff811f1a067dfea3d24ddcb/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I864dc2328c0a11f1a067dfea3d24ddcb/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I864dc2328c0a11f1a067dfea3d24ddcb/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Fri, 31 Jul 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/I864dc2328c0a11f1a067dfea3d24ddcb/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I7425624c8b4f11f1a067dfea3d24ddcb/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I7425624c8b4f11f1a067dfea3d24ddcb/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Wed, 29 Jul 2026 00:00:00 CDTIn Acer Inc and others v Nokia Technologies Oy [2026] EWHC 1939 (Pat), the English Patent Court granted the claimants' application to amend the confidentiality regime in stayed RAND licensing proceedings to permit the use of documents in an upcoming ICC arbitration.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I7425624c8b4f11f1a067dfea3d24ddcb/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I1eb0015c8ac011f1a067dfea3d24ddcb/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I1eb0015c8ac011f1a067dfea3d24ddcb/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Wed, 29 Jul 2026 00:00:00 CDTOn 29 July 2026, the European Commission announced that it has decided to open an in-depth state aid investigation to examine an arbitration award ordering Romania to pay compensation to ten energy investors.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I1eb0015c8ac011f1a067dfea3d24ddcb/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ie72bd24a87ab11f1b282c724fbd952fe/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ie72bd24a87ab11f1b282c724fbd952fe/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:00:00 CDTWe have published an article highlighting what's on the agenda for in-house lawyers in August 2026.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ie72bd24a87ab11f1b282c724fbd952fe/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ic862ccce89a611f1a5d7f2da0fe3cb84/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ic862ccce89a611f1a5d7f2da0fe3cb84/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:00:00 CDTIn Case No А40-20468/2024, the Commercial Court of Moscow overturned its prior decision recognising and enforcing an SIAC award in Russia in favour of a Russian company. The Moscow court took into consideration that the award had been partially set aside by a court at the seat in Singapore.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ic862ccce89a611f1a5d7f2da0fe3cb84/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I05deeab1874a11f1b282c724fbd952fe/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I05deeab1874a11f1b282c724fbd952fe/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:00:00 CDTIn DSS v DST [2026] SGHC 145, the Singapore High Court dismissed an application to set aside an arbitral award under section 24(b) of the Singapore International Arbitration Act 1994. The court extended the reasonable suspicion test for breaches of the fair hearing rule to the arbitral context, holding that the test applies to both allegations of apparent bias and alleged breaches.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I05deeab1874a11f1b282c724fbd952fe/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ib3a2587a851311f1b282c724fbd952fe/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ib3a2587a851311f1b282c724fbd952fe/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Tue, 21 Jul 2026 00:00:00 CDTIn Chevron Bangladesh Block Twelve, Ltd. and Chevron Bangladesh Blocks Thirteen and Fourteen, Ltd. v People's Republic of Bangladesh and Bangladesh Oil Gas and Mineral Corporation (ICSID Case No. ARB/24/39), an ICSID tribunal largely dismissed an application for additional document production, rejecting the application of Bangladesh law to privilege claims in favour of the parties' expectations under the IBA Rules on the Taking of Evidence in International Arbitration.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ib3a2587a851311f1b282c724fbd952fe/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I36cf0a87843711f1b282c724fbd952fe/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I36cf0a87843711f1b282c724fbd952fe/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:00:00 CDTIn Case No A55-10205/2026, the Eleventh Commercial Appellate Court of Russia ruled that a Russian court may assume exclusive jurisdiction over a dispute, even if the Russian party is the defendant and objects to the case being considered in the Russian courts.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I36cf0a87843711f1b282c724fbd952fe/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I92bbe502815711f1b282c724fbd952fe/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I92bbe502815711f1b282c724fbd952fe/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:00:00 CDTWe have published a new Practice note, Emergency arbitrators in England and Wales, which addresses the use of emergency arbitrator procedures for arbitrations seated in England and Waleshttps://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I92bbe502815711f1b282c724fbd952fe/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/If14ffc00805211f1b282c724fbd952fe/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/If14ffc00805211f1b282c724fbd952fe/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:00:00 CDTThe International Chamber of Commerce's Institute of World Business Law (ICC Institute) and the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT) have launched a public consultation on draft Principles and Model Clauses for International Investment Contracts.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/If14ffc00805211f1b282c724fbd952fe/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I5fff429a7f7911f1a12ae8a22e010fcd/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I5fff429a7f7911f1a12ae8a22e010fcd/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Tue, 14 Jul 2026 00:00:00 CDTIn ZO v Georgia (Case No T 9380-24), the Swedish Supreme Court held that the most-favoured-nation clause in the UK–Georgia bilateral investment treaty (BIT), read together with the dispute resolution provision in the Belgium–Luxembourg Economic Union–Georgia BIT, may confer jurisdiction on an SCC arbitral tribunal. The judgment provides important guidance on the interpretation of such clauses in investment treaties.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I5fff429a7f7911f1a12ae8a22e010fcd/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ia0c78c087ead11f1b282c724fbd952fe/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ia0c78c087ead11f1b282c724fbd952fe/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Mon, 13 Jul 2026 00:00:00 CDTWe have published a new Practice note, Arbitration in Saudi Arabia, which describes the legal framework for domestic and international arbitration in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ia0c78c087ead11f1b282c724fbd952fe/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I34f5a4527c4411f1a12ae8a22e010fcd/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I34f5a4527c4411f1a12ae8a22e010fcd/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Fri, 10 Jul 2026 00:00:00 CDTThe Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Ciarb) has published Report on Party-Appointed Expert Witnesses in International Arbitration: Effectiveness and Best Practice, providing practical guidance on expert witness evidence in international arbitration proceedings in line with contemporary arbitral practice and evolving user expectations.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I34f5a4527c4411f1a12ae8a22e010fcd/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ib25327117b7111f1b282c724fbd952fe/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ib25327117b7111f1b282c724fbd952fe/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Thu, 09 Jul 2026 00:00:00 CDTIn JSC Oschadbank v the Russian Federation (RG No 24/16339), the Paris Court of Appeal (COA) upheld an application to set aside two arbitration awards, respectively dismissing Russia's revision application and the associated costs award. The COA found that a co-arbitrator's filing of an amicus curiae brief in separate US enforcement proceedings created a reasonable doubt as to his impartiality, thereby rendering the tribunal irregularly constituted.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ib25327117b7111f1b282c724fbd952fe/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ie2d54fac7ab711f1b282c724fbd952fe/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ie2d54fac7ab711f1b282c724fbd952fe/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:00:00 CDTThe United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) has adopted key texts aimed at enhancing reliance on arbitral awards in electronic form and use of notices of arbitration in electronic form.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ie2d54fac7ab711f1b282c724fbd952fe/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29