“Judgments are ‘exercises in persuasion’ subject to a potentially polemical style, whereas arbitration awards tend to be written as direct answers to questions posed by the parties.” Lord Leonard Hoffman made this observation in a speech at a symposium on 13 and 14 May examining the way courts can help or hinder arbitration – through injunctions, discovery and the so-called “second look” doctrine. Teresa Cigarroa Keck at Vinson & Elkins LLP in Houston reports