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View AllDoing Evidence in Arbitration Better - Shane Doyle KC on the panel for an ACICA Roadshow Event
Shane Doyle KC — Arbitration
Doing Evidence in Arbitration Better: Presenting the 2023 Evidence in International Arbitration Report An ACICA Roadshow Event: Brisbane The 2023 Evidence in International Arbitration Report, which launched in September 2023, indicates that expert, lay and documentary evidence have a significant impact on case outcomes. The Report considers these impacts, and…
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View AllJust What the Tribunal Ordered - Or Was It? Western Australia Court of Appeal Upholds Finding That UNICITRAL Tribunal Rendered Itself Functus Officio
9-8-23 / Oliver Cook — Arbitration
Oliver Cook co-authored this article with Liam McInerney (LK Law) published in the Wolters Kluwer: International Arbitration & Mediation concerning a decision in the Western Australia Court of Appeal to uphold that a UNICITRAL Tribunal rendered itself functus officio. The decision confirms that under the Commercial Arbitration Act 2012 (WA),…
Privilege in International Arbitration: Procedure and Pitfalls
25-11-21 / Nicholas Andreatidis KC — Arbitration, International
Nicholas Andreatidis QC and Angus O'Brien (Level Twenty Seven) were joined by Simon Bellas (Jones Day) and Cameron Sim (Debevoise & Plimpton) to unpick some of the uncertainties concerning legal professional privilege in the context of international arbitration. The video and podcast recordings of this Level Twenty Seven Chambers webinar…
Functus Officio in Arbitration
22-10-21 / Shane Doyle KC, Sarah Spottiswood — Arbitration, International
This presentation formed part of ACICA's Australian Arbitration Week 2021 program. Shane Doyle QC and Sarah Spottiswood (Level Twenty Seven Chambers) and Chiann Bao (Arbitration Chambers) explored the situations where an arbitrator might be said to have performed its office so as to be (wholly or as to particular aspects…
Recent Cases
View AllCBI Constructors Pty Ltd v Chevron Australia Pty Ltd [2023] WASCA 1
17-1-23 / Shane Doyle KC — Arbitration, Building & Construction, Contract
An appeal against the decision in Chevron Australia Pty Ltd v CBI Constructors Pty Ltd. The primary proceedings involved applications by the respondent (Chevron) against the appellants, CKJV, under the Commercial Arbitration Act 2012 (WA) in respect of an arbitral award made in favour of CKJV. Chevron applied to set…
Hutson v Nerang Subdivision Pty Ltd & ors [2021] QSC 323
7-12-21 / Michael May, Sean Russell — Arbitration, Land Law & Property
An application to determine whether a dispute, the subject of a proceeding in the Supreme Court, should be allowed to continue and whether directions should be made, or whether the proceedings should be stayed and the dispute determined by an expert pursuant to a contractual provision providing for alternate dispute…
HongKong Henson Industrial Limited v Victorian Ferries Pty Ltd [2021] FCA 1450
18-11-21 / Shane Monks — Arbitration, International
An application to enforce a foreign arbitral award as a judgement of the Federal Court. The applicant, HongKong Henson Industrial Limited, entered into a contract to purchase mineral sands from the respondent, Victorian Ferries Pty Ltd. The contract provided for disputes concerning the contract to be settled by arbitration subject…