Following the judgment of the Court of Justice and especially the Opinion of the Advocate General in the CDC Hydrogen Peroxide case, arbitration agreements on disputes concerning damages for infringements of the competition rules of the TFEU have been interpreted as being contrary to the...

The aim of this article is to analyze the utilization of alternative approaches for resolving tax disputes across various countries worldwide in order to evaluate the feasibility of introducing such approaches in Ukraine. It provides an overview of mediation, which is considered one of the most...

This article investigates the significance of judicial review of arbitration awards for the continued efficiency and credibility of the arbitration system. It delves into why "judicial intervention" is so necessary for countries whose legislation and seat have been adopted since this guarantees...

Courts do not enforce contracts prohibiting a party from filing for bankruptcy, but what about contracts requiring that any bankruptcy filing and ensuing case be in arbitration rather than in court? This article is the first to envision unanimous arbitration agreements among all the parties to a...

Despite local instances of single arbitrators’ corruption not having proven completely absent from arbitration chronicles over the last decades, one may safely argue that until very recently, no scandal had ever been severe enough to shake the foundations of arbitration communities on a...

In the common law legal system, the main sources of law are habits that live in society as a legal culture, as well as agreements that have been agreed upon by the parties. Meanwhile, in the civil law legal system, the regulations set by the government are the main source of law. There are two...

The market for crypto assets has grown rapidly in the last couple of years. Buzzwords like cryptocurrency, Non-fungible tokens (hereinafter “NFTs”) and metaverse have gone viral. Celebrities, artists, pop singers, e-commerce platforms, financial institutes, airlines, and many others are...