TODAY'S HEADLINES

Chevron looks to The Hague after losing US injunction battle

A US appeal court has lifted a global injunction blocking enforcement of a US$17 billion Ecuadorean court judgment against Chevron - the day after an arbitral tribunal in The Hague reasserted its authority to decide on the company's liability under an investment treaty.

Baykitch heads to Aussie-Chinese tie-up

The vice president of the Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration, Alex Baykitch, is leaving Holman Fenwick Willan’s Sydney office to join Mallesons Stephen Jaques as it prepares to combine with China’s King & Wood.

Miami boutique hires external counsel to Argentina

An Argentine lawyer who has played a part in the defence of Argentina in investor-state arbitrations, Diego Gosis, has joined Miami boutique Smith International Legal, where he will advise on commercial and investment arbitration.

FEATURES

HONG KONG: Some Wilde thoughts on jurisdiction

David Bateson, a partner at Mallesons Stephen Jaques in Hong Kong, reports on the latest Kaplan lecture, in which UK appeal court judge Lord Justice Bernard Rix found inspiration in an Oscar Wilde quote on the nature of “truth”.

AUSTRALIA: Apex court speaks out on adequacy of arbitral reasons

Albert Monichino SC, a senior counsel and arbitrator at List A Barristers in Melbourne, considers a recent decision of the High Court of Australia that tackled conflicting case law on the standard of reasons required of an arbitrator in a domestic arbitration context (with potential impact on the Model Law scheme).