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ArbitrationRussia: New law protects sanctioned citizens from foreign proceedings
In June 2020, the federal law No. 171-FZ came into force. The main rational of this law is to grant exclusive jurisdiction to the Russian state commercial courts (arbitrazh courts) over disputes involving a Russian party (or its foreign subsidiary) who has been sanctioned by a foreign state regardless of existing arbitration or jurisdiction agreement.
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ArbitrationRussia: Courts Uphold ICC Arbitration Clause
Arbitrazh Court of Moscow seizes opportunity to apply arbitration-friendly approach to an ICC-arbitration clause
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Arbitration
English Court Commented on Law Applicable to Arbitration Agreement in Russia-Related Case
On 29 April the English Court of Appeal in its decision on Enka v Chubb [2020] EWCA Civ 574 establishes a new approach to the problem of the law applicable to the arbitration agreement in the situation when the law chosen by the parties to govern the wider contract differs from the law of the […]
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Maritime Industry
Court Reduces Liability of Party Involved in Assisting in Discharge Operation by Almost 90 %*
In the maritime world, shipowners, charterers, as well as professional operators and managers of vessels can limit their liability under the 1976 London Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims (“the Convention”). In the case at hand, The English Admiralty Court ruled that the Convention applies not only to professional managers and operators of […]
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Maritime Industry
New U.S. Sanctions Advisory for the Maritime Industry
On May 14, 2020, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) together with the U.S.Department of State and the U.S. Coast Guard issued “Sanctions Advisory for the MaritimeIndustry, Energy and Metals Sectors, and Related Communities” (the “Advisory”). The Advisory offers a global guidance across 10 sectors that touch the maritime […]
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COVID-19
The Russian Supreme Court: COVID-19 Pandemic Can Constitute Force Majeure
The Russian Supreme Court issued two consecutive reviews of certain issues of judicial practice pertaining to application of legislation and measures aimed at preventing the spread of COVID-19 in Russia. They were published respectively on April 21 and April 30, 2020. The reviews address multiple issues related to the legal consequences of pandemic in civil, […]
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COVID-19
International Arbitration in Germany and Russia in the Time of the COVID-19 Crisis
The spread of COVID-19 has a major impact on all spheres of our life, including justice administration. State courts in Germany and Russia have responded to the decease outbreak by delaying or suspending proceedings deemed being non-urgent. The status of matters pending before courts is changing on a daily basis, in most cases providing little […]
