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CADRA International Arbitration Summer School featured SIAC’s Jay Shin discussing Emergency Arbitration, Protective Preliminary Orders, expedited procedures, award scrutiny, mediation and key innovations under the SIAC Rules 2025.
Singapore Convention Week 2026 featured a panel on disputes involving State-owned entities, examining contractual risk, dispute-resolution clauses, treaty protection, evidence, damages, sovereign immunity and enforcement in international arbitration.
The inaugural ceremony of the GCAI India—Singapore Legal Bridge brought together distinguished members of the judiciary, government, legal profession, business community and corporate counsel to deliberate upon the evolving India—Singapore relationship and the role of law in facilitating trade, investment, innovation and cross-border commerce.
The session brought together leading dispute resolution practitioners from India and Singapore to examine the practical choices businesses face in cross-border disputes, including mediation, arbitration, enforcement, interim reliefs, institutional arbitration, AI, legal education and India’s potential to emerge as a global dispute resolution centre.
The present case discusses the effect of an arbitral award and the extent to which the courts can assist in execution. It also discusses the processes that are available in the court system for the execution of an arbitral award and the principle of piercing the corporate veil.
The present appeal concerned the interplay between the enforcement obligations under the New York Convention and the doctrine of sovereign immunity. The Court of Appeal examined whether a Contracting State, by ratifying the Convention, submits to the jurisdiction of English courts in enforcement proceedings and held that Article III preserves, rather than waives, State immunity.
Corporate counsel and arbitration practitioners at IAC Eurasia Arbitration Week 2026 examined what businesses truly expect from arbitration, stressing predictability, commercial awareness, enforceability, effective contract drafting, mediation and stronger collaboration between in-house and external counsel.
by Vasanth Rajasekaran* and Harshvardhan Korada**
The fireside chat at the 4th ICA Conference on “Arbitrating Indo-UK Commercial Disputes” examined the challenges of enforcement, arbitration efficiency, judicial intervention, institutional reforms, AI regulation, third-party funding, and investor confidence.
At a panel discussion at the 4th ICA Conference on “Arbitrating Indo-UK Commercial Disputes”, the speakers agreed that while disputes may be inevitable in business, successful commercial ecosystems were defined not by the absence of disputes, but rather by avoiding them and if they arise, resolving them efficiently, fairly, and with minimal disruption to long-term relationships and commerce.
The distinction drawn at LIDW26 between due process challenges and public policy review finds a close parallel in Indian arbitration jurisprudence, where courts examine procedural fairness and public policy concerns through separate legal lenses.
The evolving friction between EU law and international arbitration formed the core of discussions during the second session of Cyprus Arbitration Day 2026, with experts analysing the aftermath of Achmea, challenges to arbitral enforcement, and the increasing assertion of sovereignty and public policy concerns across jurisdictions.
The 4th Edition of Cyprus Arbitration Day 2026 will bring together leading global practitioners, arbitrators, and policymakers to deliberate on emerging trends in commercial and investment arbitration, enforcement of arbitral awards, and technology-driven developments in dispute resolution.
by Vasant Rajasekaran* and Harshvardhan Korada**
Cite as: 2024 SCC OnLine Blog Exp 26