Topic: Force majeure

The spring conference of the German Arbitration Institute (DIS) addressed disruption and change in global supply chains, including related to the covid-19 pandemic, the Russian invasion of Ukraine and inflation. Yashan Huang, associate at CMS Hasche Sigle in Hong Kong, reports.

16 June 2023

A Canadian mining company is bringing a claim against the Central African Republic over cancelled licences and permits for a gold project that was occupied by rebel fighters.  

14 June 2023

Featured in The Middle Eastern and African Arbitration Review 2023

21 April 2023

Yemen has applied to a US court to enforce the outstanding part of a US$10 million ICC award against an affiliate of Occidental Petroleum.

08 February 2023

Gazprom has provided more details about an award issued in an arbitration with a Finnish state-owned gas importer, saying the tribunal ruled the Russian company is owed over €300 million and was entitled to cut off supplies owing to force majeure.

17 November 2022

The Inter-Pacific Bar Association Arbitration Day in Singapore saw more than 100 delegates gather to discuss how international arbitration in the region has fared during the pandemic and will fare in future. 

14 October 2022

A conference in Prague considered how arbitrators and quantum experts should deal with the impact of sanctions, counter-sanctions and high inflation. Tatiana Rukhliada, Martin Kozak and Katerina Skryjova of PwC in Prague report.

23 September 2022

The operator of an LNG storage facility in Mexico has asked a US court for leave to subpoena affiliates of Shell and Gazprom in aid of efforts to enforce a now-public ICC award worth more than US$600 million.

31 August 2022

A Chinese solar panel manufacturer has told a US court that a US$100 million fraud litigation brought by the renewables arm of France’s TotalEnergies belongs in ICC arbitration.

12 August 2022

Featured in The Arbitration Review of the Americas 2023

29 July 2022