Tag: high court
ACC Hong Kong marks annual event
ACC Hong Kong's event featured Stuart Palm and Madam Justice Yvonne Cheng
Supreme Court sets limits on award modification
The Supreme Court has upheld the sanctity of arbitration awards by overturning changes made to an award made by a civil judge and upheld by the high court
Judging retirement
Mandatory retirement ages for judges may be depriving the system of its finest assets. What are the pros and cons?
References not enough to compel arbitration
Where there is merely a possibility of the parties agreeing to arbitration in the future, in contrast to an obligation to refer disputes to arbitration, there is no valid and binding arbitration agreement
Top court steps in to settle jurisdiction disputes
The tug of war over jurisdiction has surfaced many times in arbitration proceedings, necessitating the Supreme Court to step in repeatedly to settle disputes
Solving the problem of interest and insolvency
As the IBC clearly differentiates between financial debt and operational debt obligations, the question becomes whether interest can be included in both these types of debt for the admission of a company into insolvency under the IBC
Jayashree Dasgupta quits Dhir & Dhir to launch independent litigation chambers
Dhir & Dhir Associates’ partner Jayashree Dasgupta has left the firm after serving an 18-year career to open her own independent litigation chambers in South Delhi
Arbitral awards bound by contract
The Indian Supreme Court has set aside an arbitral tribunal’s award for acting beyond the confines of a contract executed between parties
