Topic: Interim measures
Arbitrator restrains former Meta employee’s “explosive” exposé
An ICDR emergency arbitrator has restrained a former employee of Meta from promoting a whistleblowing memoir of her time at Facebook while the company pursues a claim against her for breach of a non-disparagement clause.
13 March 2025
Kashagan consortium wins interim relief against Kazakhstan
An international consortium has reportedly won interim relief in its US$160 billion dispute with Kazakhstan over the Kashagan oil field – seeking to stop the state from collecting on a US$5 billion fine.
10 March 2025
ICSID claimants fail to lift Azerbaijan travel ban
An ICSID tribunal hearing a claim against Azerbaijan has refused to order the state to lift a travel ban on the claimants’ representative or unfreeze their bank accounts – saying the request was premature.
30 January 2025
Interim relief denied in Bangladeshi highway dispute
A Thai construction company has failed to persuade a SIAC tribunal to provisionally restrain a group of Chinese state-owned entities from taking control of a billion-dollar highway project in Bangladesh.
23 October 2024
Singapore appeal court upholds DIAC interim relief
The Singapore Court of Appeal has upheld the enforcement of interim measures issued by a DIAC tribunal under an arbitration clause specifying the now-defunct DIFC-LCIA, finding that the respondent had submitted to the tribunal’s jurisdiction for the purposes of the interim relief application.
23 October 2024
UK Supreme Court gives reasons for Gazprom injunction
The UK Supreme Court has provided its reasons for upholding an anti-suit injunction restraining a Gazprom affiliate from pursuing litigation in Russia in breach of a Paris-seated ICC arbitration agreement.
18 September 2024
DIFC appeal court affirms interim relief is enforceable as “award”
The Dubai International Finance Centre Court of Appeal has affirmed that a provisional award granting interim measures in a foreign arbitration is enforceable as an “award” under the DIFC’s arbitration law.
04 April 2024
Dutch court declines to send Subway dispute to NAI
A Dutch court has refused to appoint the Netherlands Arbitration Institute to administer a dispute between US fast food chain Subway and an Austrian business development agent – also finding it lacked jurisdiction to grant interim relief.
04 April 2024
Mining magnate fails to get interim measures against Australia
An UNCITRAL tribunal hearing a mining tycoon’s US$200 billion treaty claim against Australia over an iron ore project has denied his request for interim measures.
05 February 2024
Chilean hydro project owner overturns US injunction
A New York state court has vacated an injunction that prevented the owner of a Chilean hydropower project from drawing on a US$90 million letter of credit pending an ICC arbitration with Austrian construction group Strabag.
24 November 2023