Rachael O’Grady

Apr 30, 2024 | globalarbitrationreview.com | Rachael O’Grady

This is an Insight article, written by a selected partner as part of GAR's co-published content. Read more on Insight IntroductionLying approximately 100 kilometres above mean sea level, the Kármán line is the invisible boundary separating the Earth’s atmosphere from outer space. Beyond this, several orbits around Earth provide important scientific and economic opportunities for humankind – these include geostationary orbit, low Earth orbit and medium Earth orbit.

Nov 28, 2023 | mondaq.com | Raid Abu-Manneh |Sarah Garvey |Rachael O’Grady |Luiz Aboim

On 7 November 2023, King Charles III made his first King's Speech in which the upcoming legislative programme of Rishi Sunak's Government was set out. One significant announcement was the Government's intention to introduce an Arbitration Bill (the "Bill") to fine-tune the UK's Arbitration Act 1996 (the "1996 Act") in this Parliamentary session (due to end on 19 December 2023).

Nov 23, 2023 | lexology.com | Raid Abu-Manneh |Sarah Garvey |Rachael O’Grady |Luiz Aboim |Kwadwo Sarkodie |Jawad Ahmad | +5 more

On 7 November 2023, King Charles III made his first King's Speech in which he set out Rishi Sunak's Government's upcoming legislative programme. One significant announcement was that the Government's intention to introduce an Arbitration Bill (the “Bill”) to fine-tune the UK’s Arbitration Act 1996 (the “1996 Act”) in this Parliamentary session (due to end on 19 December 2023).

Oct 2, 2023 | mondaq.com | Raid Abu-Manneh |Rachael O’Grady |Sam Prentki |Kwadwo Sarkodie

On 20 September 2023, the UK Supreme Court (the "Supreme Court") handed down an important judgment clarifying the proper approach to applications under section 9 of the Arbitration Act 1996 (the "Act").The judgment arises inRepublic of Mozambique("RoM") v. Privinvest Shipbuilding SAL (Holding) & Ors1 – the long-standing litigation over an alleged c.

Sep 29, 2023 | mondaq.com | Raid Abu-Manneh |Rachael O’Grady |Stephen Moi |Sam Prentki

The Law Commission of England and Wales (the "Law Commission") has published its Final Recommendations to reform the Arbitration Act 1996 (the "Act"), with an accompanying draft Arbitration Bill (the "Arbitration Bill"). There are six "major initiatives"1 proposed by the Law Commission in addition to minor amendments.