Halliburton Company v Chubb Bermuda Insurance Ltd: SC 27 Nov 2020

This appeal concerns the circumstances in which an arbitrator in an international arbitration may appear to be biased. It raises important questions about the duty of impartiality and obligation of arbitrators to make disclosure.

Lord Reed, Lord Hodge, Lady Black, Lord Lloyd-Jones, Lady Arden
[2020] UKSC 48, [2021] AC 1083, [2021] Lloyd’s Rep IR 1, [2021] BLR 1, [2021] 2 All ER 1175, [2020] WLR(D) 653, 193 Con LR 1, [2020] 3 WLR 1474
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Arbitration, Natural Justice

Updated: 21 December 2021; Ref: scu.656384