James Plotkin

Jun 7, 2024 | mondaq.com | Gordon Bell |Todd Burke |James Plotkin |Emma Knight

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Jun 5, 2024 | lexology.com | Gordon Bell |Todd Burke |James Plotkin |Emma Knight |Kristina Dimitrov

In February 2024, the International Bar Association ("IBA") published an updated version of its Guidelines on Conflicts of Interest in International Arbitration (the "IBA Guidelines"). The IBA Council is expected to have ruled on the adoption of the 2024 IBA Guidelines at its meetings in late May 2024. In this article we summarise: what the IBA Guidelines are and when they are used; how the IBA Guidelines are structured; and some of the key changes in the 2024 update.

Jan 29, 2024 | lexology.com | James Plotkin

Ontario Court sets aside arbitral award, finding procedural fairness violation where arbitrator refused to admit evidence filed with consent. FactsThe Applicant, Mattamy, held a 49 per cent stake in the landholding company that owned the Downsview Project lands in Toronto. In the context of proceedings under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act, Mattamy acquired Urbancorp's majority 51 per cent share in that landholding company. The transaction gave rise to several disputes.

Nov 7, 2023 | law360.ca | James Plotkin

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Oct 12, 2023 | mondaq.com | James Plotkin

In CZT v. CZU, [2023] SGHC(I) 11, the Singapore International Commercial Court (High Court) issued an important decision dealing with deliberative secrecy in international arbitration. The decision considered and clarified when an arbitral tribunal's notes and deliberation records are producible on a challenge to an award. The plaintiff and defendant concluded a contract for the purchase and sale of certain material, machinery and components (the "Goods").