Arbitration Law Monthly

The costs sanction In the recent decisions of Halsey v Milton Keynes General NHS Trust; Steel v Joy and Halliday [2004] EWCA Civ 576 the Court of Appeal has taken the opportunity to consider (and hopefully clarify) the question of when it is right..

Arbitrators and freezing injunctions In Kastner v Jason [2004] EWHC 592 (Ch) Lightman J had to decide, in an unusual context, whether it was open to arbitrators to make an order freezing the property of the respondent in the arbitration as security..

Validity of choice The decision of the Court of Appeal in Shamil Bank of Bahrain v Beximco Pharmaceuticals Ltd and others [2004] EWCA Civ 19 contains important comments on the interpretation of choice of law clauses. The case did not involve..