https://s1-uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/WLN-PLCUK-SC_2603.1.2004/productViews/plcuk/Legal updateshttps://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.comArbitrationhttps://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Iec8c7f372cfb11f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Iec8c7f372cfb11f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Tue, 31 Mar 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/Iec8c7f372cfb11f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I732ed7072c1511f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I732ed7072c1511f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTCIArb has called for feedback on the CIArb Guideline on the Use of AI in Arbitration (2025). The deadline for submitting feedback is 26 May 2026.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I732ed7072c1511f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ic5a5d9e92c3e11f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ic5a5d9e92c3e11f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTIn Case No A35-6794/2023, the Commercial Court of the Kursk Region determined that it had jurisdiction to consider a Russian investor's claim against Norway, although it ultimately dismissed it on the merits.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ic5a5d9e92c3e11f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ibf77475b2c3511f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ibf77475b2c3511f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTWe have published an article highlighting what's on the agenda for in-house lawyers in April 2026.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ibf77475b2c3511f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ia4bcc6f6291211f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ia4bcc6f6291211f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTThe Courts and Tribunals Judiciary has published the Commercial Court Report 2024 to 2025, which includes statistics on arbitration claims in the English Commercial Court.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ia4bcc6f6291211f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I44d1853527cf11f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I44d1853527cf11f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTThe AAA-ICDR has announced that Ireland is to host a new international commercial arbitration hub for the EMEA region in Dublin, to bolster Ireland's position as a global business hub.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I44d1853527cf11f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I3b43b83527ea11f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I3b43b83527ea11f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTIn Okeke v Obike [2026] DIFC ARB 039, the DIFC Court of First Instance dismissed an application to set aside a DIAC partial award, finding it time-barred under article 41(3) of the DIFC Arbitration Law, and, in the alternative, rejecting the challenge on the merits. The case reinforces the DIFC Courts' consistently strict approach to set aside applications and strict adherence to statutory time limits.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I3b43b83527ea11f1a34ac71bb9879c27/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Iad47d163278e11f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Iad47d163278e11f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTIn DNO Yemen AS v Petrolin Trading Ltd and others (Case C-842/24) EU:C:2026:233, Advocate General Szpunar opined on the appropriate standard, and burden of proof, for determining when an alleged breach of Council Regulation (EU) 1352/2014 (Regulation), imposing sanctions on designated parties in recognition of the conflict in Yemen, will trigger public policy grounds for annulment of an arbitral award. He noted that the burden of proof for annulment of an award on public policy grounds should shift where evidence tends to indicate that there is a reasonable risk of a breach of EU sanctions.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Iad47d163278e11f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I04e18966276711f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I04e18966276711f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTThe International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has approved a revised version of the ICC Arbitration Rules, which will enter into force on 1 June 2026.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I04e18966276711f1839deddf1c806e4b/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ibc3dc835246411f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ibc3dc835246411f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Fri, 20 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTIn OWH SE iL v United Company Rusal, International PJSC and others (Execution Petition No 1 of 2026), the Telangana High Court, in execution proceedings seeking enforcement in India of two London-seated arbitral awards, passed an interim order restraining a foreign step-down subsidiary of the Russian award debtor from transferring its shareholding in an Indian entity to preserve enforcement assets.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ibc3dc835246411f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Iad47076123aa11f182b7cb1210d47fc6/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Iad47076123aa11f182b7cb1210d47fc6/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Thu, 19 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTIn Decision 4A_359/2025, the Swiss Supreme Court dismissed Russian energy company Gazprom's application to set aside an ICC award in favour of Ukrainian state-owned gas company Naftogaz. After sending a letter to the ICC in which it disputed the validity of the arbitration clause, Gazprom did not participate in the arbitration. Gazprom challenged the award, arguing that the co-arbitrator nominated by Naftogaz and the presiding arbitrator lacked impartiality. The court dismissed the challenge, ruling that, as Gazprom had failed to challenge the composition of the tribunal during the arbitration, it had forfeited the right to do so now.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Iad47076123aa11f182b7cb1210d47fc6/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ie34f2a7422bb11f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ie34f2a7422bb11f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Wed, 18 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTIn LT v RV [2026] HKCFI 1280, the Hong Kong Court of First Instance held that a settlement agreement and a procedural order terminating an HKIAC arbitration could not be set aside as awards. However, the court was able to grant relief pursuant to its supervisory jurisdiction and an exclusive jurisdiction clause.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ie34f2a7422bb11f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ie11d37b321fb11f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ie11d37b321fb11f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Tue, 17 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTIn Gazprom International v DTEK Krymenergo (ECLI:NL:GHDHA:2026:181), the Court of Appeal of The Hague refused an application to lift a conservatory attachment over a Gazprom affiliate's shares in a Dutch joint venture, and rejected the argument that the Russian Federation was entitled to immunity from execution. DTEK Krymenergo, a Ukrainian energy company, had levied the attachments when seeking to enforce a US$300 million investment treaty award against the Russian Federation.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ie11d37b321fb11f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Iacf12a14212811f182b7cb1210d47fc6/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Iacf12a14212811f182b7cb1210d47fc6/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Mon, 16 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTIn CBGE v Public Prosecutor of the Paris Court of Appeal, Court of Cassation (Case No U 24-10.394), the French Court of Cassation held that proceeds of assets confiscated in France following the conviction of a foreign public official for money laundering cannot be attached by a creditor seeking to enforce an arbitral award against the foreign state. The court ruled that such proceeds do not become the property of the foreign state: they are vested in the French state and allocated to development projects benefiting the population of the foreign state.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Iacf12a14212811f182b7cb1210d47fc6/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/If7e78f371ec611f182b7cb1210d47fc6/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/If7e78f371ec611f182b7cb1210d47fc6/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTIn Vijay Karia v Prysmian Cavi E Sistemi SRL (SLP(C) No 008152/2026), the Indian Supreme Court declined to interfere with, and dismissed, a petition for special leave to appeal against a judgment of the Bombay High Court, which had ordered execution of a foreign arbitral award and laid down the narrow scope of objections to resist such execution.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/If7e78f371ec611f182b7cb1210d47fc6/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I2938180a1ec411f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I2938180a1ec411f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTIn Begum v Mukherjee 2026 SCC OnLine SC 135, the Indian Supreme Court has sharpened the boundary between arbitrable and non-arbitrable disputes, holding that where an arbitration clause is embedded in a document alleged to be forged, the controversy "strikes at the very root of arbitral jurisdiction" and falls squarely within the category of non-arbitrable disputes.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I2938180a1ec411f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I250132ab1d3a11f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I250132ab1d3a11f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Thu, 12 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTWe have published a new Toolkit that curates Practical Law resources to support legal practitioners navigating challenges from the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I250132ab1d3a11f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I7fb628f51d4111f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I7fb628f51d4111f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Wed, 11 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTThe London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) has launched a public consultation on revisions to the LCIA Arbitration Rules 2020. The consultation will be open for responses until 11 May 2026.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I7fb628f51d4111f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I2bf879431cbf11f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I2bf879431cbf11f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Wed, 11 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTIn OMV Aktiengesellschaft v Ministry of Environment, Water and Forests of Romania (RG No 22/17161), the Paris Court of Appeal rejected an application to set aside an ICC arbitration award. The arbitral tribunal had ordered the Ministry to pay sums to OMV under a privatisation agreement through which OMV acquired a former Romanian-owned oil company. Applying EU principles and precedents governing state aid, the Court of Appeal found that the award complied with French public policy.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I2bf879431cbf11f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I06f4d2ba1c2911f182b7cb1210d47fc6/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I06f4d2ba1c2911f182b7cb1210d47fc6/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTIn Ropa v Kharis Solutions Ltd [2026] EWHC 259 (Comm), the Commercial Court granted a declaration under the Arbitration Act 1996 that the claimant's dispute with the defendant be referred to arbitration. The court waived defects in the claim form, held that the provision for mediation in the parties' dispute resolution clause was not a pre-condition to compulsory arbitration, and dismissed arguments on alleged defects in, and invalid service of, the notice to arbitrate.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I06f4d2ba1c2911f182b7cb1210d47fc6/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I93f288de1c0711f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I93f288de1c0711f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTSIAC has published a compendium of SIAC challenge decisions. The compendium contains redacted versions of decisions issued by the SIAC Court of Arbitration on challenges to arbitrators.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I93f288de1c0711f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I79a623681ba511f182b7cb1210d47fc6/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I79a623681ba511f182b7cb1210d47fc6/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Mon, 09 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CDTSingapore's Ministry of Law has published a guide on the use of generative AI (GenAI) in the legal sector. The guide contains general principles and good practices to encourage responsible, ethical and effective uses of GenAI that are also mindful of professional obligations in Singapore's legal services sector.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I79a623681ba511f182b7cb1210d47fc6/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ic16faf21189511f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ic16faf21189511f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CSTIn Hulley Enterprises Ltd v Russia [2026] EWHC 456 (Comm), the English Commercial Court approved partial enforcement of three arbitration awards totalling over US$50 billion in damages, arising from the Russian Federation's expropriation of Yukos Oil Company's assets. It dismissed Russia's arguments that enforcement would be contrary to public policy for reasons of bribery and fraud connected with initial acquisition of the company and its operation, and for alleged fraud in the arbitration, save in the case of an award on costs which the court held might have been in different terms had the tribunal known of an alleged dishonest failure to disclose documents.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ic16faf21189511f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ic8ae385712fe11f182b7cb1210d47fc6/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ic8ae385712fe11f182b7cb1210d47fc6/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CSTWe have updated our resources for trainees, new joiners and those putting together training materials for them.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ic8ae385712fe11f182b7cb1210d47fc6/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I9c3c2257180e11f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I9c3c2257180e11f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Thu, 05 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CSTIn NextEra Energy Global Holdings BV and another v Kingdom of Spain [2026] SGHC 43, the Singapore High Court upheld the registration of an Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) award under the ICSID Convention, rejecting state immunity and intra-EU objections raised by the respondent state.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I9c3c2257180e11f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I8583d9cb17c911f182b7cb1210d47fc6/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I8583d9cb17c911f182b7cb1210d47fc6/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Wed, 04 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CSTIn Spain v Infrastructure Services Luxembourg Sarl [2026] UKSC 9, the UK Supreme Court dismissed appeals by the Kingdom of Spain and the Republic of Zimbabwe against orders registering arbitration awards rendered under the ICSID Convention as judgments of the High Court pursuant to the Arbitration (International Investment Disputes) Act 1966. Rejecting claims by the state parties that they could rely on state immunity under section 1 of the State Immunity Act 1978 (SIA 1978), the Supreme Court held that, by reason of each being a party to the ICSID Convention, they had agreed to submit to the jurisdiction of the English courts under section 2 of the SIA 1978.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I8583d9cb17c911f182b7cb1210d47fc6/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Icd44b47a129611f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Icd44b47a129611f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Mon, 02 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CSTOn 1 March 2026, the revised Arbitration Law of the People's Republic of China came into force, bringing extensive amendments to China's arbitration framework.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Icd44b47a129611f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I3fee0022125f11f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I3fee0022125f11f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Mon, 02 Mar 2026 00:00:00 CSTWe have published Toolkit, Provisions of the English Arbitration Act 1996, which sets out the provisions of the English Arbitration Act 1996, section-by-section, with a curated collection of links to essential resources for understanding the framework governing both domestic and international arbitration seated in England, Wales or Northern Ireland.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I3fee0022125f11f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I597445e613c611f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I597445e613c611f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Fri, 27 Feb 2026 00:00:00 CSTIn NV Reibel v JSC VO Stankoimport (Case C‑802/24) EU:C:2026:110, Advocate General Biondi opined that there is no prohibition on submitting to arbitration claims that are prohibited from being satisfied under Article 11(1) of EU Regulation No 833/2014 (Regulation), which imposes sanctions on Russia. However, those claims must not be satisfied. The opinion was given in response to a request by the Swedish court for a preliminary ruling by the ECJ in connection with proceedings for the set aside of an award relating to a transaction affected by the Regulation.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I597445e613c611f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ia74153a213e911f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ia74153a213e911f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29Fri, 27 Feb 2026 00:00:00 CSTIn Docket No I ZB 42/25, the German Federal Court of Justice clarified the conditions under which a case may be remitted to an arbitral tribunal after an arbitral award has been set aside. The BGH held that remittal is excluded only in cases of manifest and grave procedural violations that raise doubts about the tribunal's impartiality and its willingness to conduct proceedings with the necessary objectivity.https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/Ia74153a213e911f19e89beb9184c64d5/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29