Arbitral confidentiality: use of information by lawyers

The facts of A Corporation v Firm B and Another [2025] EWHC 1092 (Comm); [2025] 1 Lloyd's Rep 443 were highly unusual, constituting an attempt to prevent an international law firm from using information obtained in one arbitration in another arbitration. The judgment of Foxton J is close to a textbook analysis of the principles of arbitral confidentiality.

The facts