United Kingdom: Arbitration & Dispute Resolution

In Acer Incorporated & Anor v Nokia Technologies Oy [2026] EWCA Civ 564, the Court of Appeal (Arnold LJ giving the leading judgment) ordered a permanent stay of "Fair, Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory" (FRAND) proceedings on case management grounds...

Recent High Court judgments address critical issues in construction contract interpretation, including the treatment of derogation schedules, adjudicators' powers to revise completion dates, and the survival of Pre-Construction Services Agreement...

We reported on this case in Dispatch, Issue 302. RNH sought the summary enforcement of a “smash and grab” adjudicator’s decision in its favour for £665k. Mr and Mrs James said that the contract in question was a construction contract with a residential occupier, so the adjudicator lacked jurisdiction to determine the dispute.

Digital evidence has always mattered in family proceedings. Messages, emails, financial records and photographs often sit at the centre of a case, shaping how the court understands a relationship, a pattern of behaviour, or what a child has experienced.

This collection explores critical developments across multiple sectors including sports regulation, AI infrastructure, consumer financial health, cybersecurity threats, healthcare compliance, and banking model risk management.

The referral arises from case T 0873/24, an opposition appeal concerning ArcelorMittal’s European patent for coated steel strips (EP 3587104).

The Court of Appeal’s decision in Gluck v Endzweig [2026] EWCA Civ 145 confirms that an arbitration agreement may include bespoke correction or amendment powers, but those powers must still allow an award...

Commercial analysis: Unsuccessful appeal under section 69 of the Arbitration Act 1996 (AA 1996) arising out of ten separate arbitral awards concerning ten shipbuilding contracts for container vessels.

Enforcing arbitral awards against sovereign States presents complex strategic and practical challenges, particularly when navigating sovereign immunity arguments, cross-border asset identification, and multi-jurisdictional enforcement proceedings. A recent London International Disputes Week discussion examined these issues through the lens of the landmark Zhongshan v. Nigeria case, where a Chinese investor successfully secured and enforced a USD 70 million investment arbitration award against an African Sta