Our Website Uses Cookies
We and the third parties that provide content, functionality, or business services on our website may use cookies to collect information about your browsing activities in order to provide you with more relevant content and promotional materials, on and off the website, and help us understand your interests and improve the website.
For more information, please contact us or consult our Privacy Notice.
Your binder contains too many pages, the maximum is 40.
We are unable to add this page to your binder, please try again later.
This page has been added to your binder.
- Home
- News and Insights
- Insights
- UK Supreme Court Finds Breach of Arbitrator’s Duty to Disclose but Denies Bid for His Removal
UK Supreme Court Finds Breach of Arbitrator’s Duty to Disclose but Denies Bid for His Removal
December 7, 2020, Covington Alert
On 27 November 2020, the UK Supreme Court handed down its long-awaited judgment in Halliburton Company v Chubb Bermuda Insurance Ltd [2020] UKSC 48. The Court unanimously dismissed Halliburton’s appeal to remove the court-appointed chair of its tribunal for “apparent bias” in a London-seated insurance coverage arbitration arising out of the Deepwater Horizon accident.
October 29, 2020, Covington Alert
This month, the UK Supreme Court issued a decision of fundamental importance to the field of international arbitration, undertaking to answer a simple, but timelessly vexing, question: what law governs the validity and scope of an arbitration agreement, where the law that governs the parties’ contract differs from the law of the seat of arbitration? Is it the ...
May 10, 2018, Covington Alert
The Court of Appeal in London has handed down a judgment of significance to both the insurance and international arbitration communities in Halliburton v Chubb. The judgment raises serious questions about the apparent reluctance of English courts to police arbitrators for “apparent bias” and to set aside arbitrator appointments and awards in London-seated ...
January 16, 2017
LONDON—Craig Pollack and Louise Freeman have joined Covington as partners in the firm’s European Dispute Resolution practice resident in London. Mr. Pollack will also serve as co-chair of the firm’s Global Disputes Initiative with former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and former U.S. Under Secretary of State Alan Larson. Mr. Pollack focuses on complex high ...