New SCC Practice Note – Emergency Arbitrator Decisions
A European company and an Asian company are having a dispute regarding the termination of their contract. The European company applied for an emergency arbitrator proceeding at the SCC to stop the Asian company from delivering the product to a third-party buyer. This case stands as just one of many emergency arbitrator decisions summarized by Evelina Wahlström in the latest SCC Practice Note spanning from 2019 to 2022.
Three new model clauses for the SCC Express
With the SCC Express, a dispute can be solved within three weeks and for a fixed fee. The SCC now offers three different sets of model clauses for including the SCC Express in contracts.
SCC Practice Note: Prima Facie Jurisdiction between 2013–2023
The SCC Arbitration Institute publishes a new practice note focusing on the decisions on prima facie jurisdiction issued by the SCC between 2013 and 2023. In the practice note, the SCC’s stance in relation to its prima facie jurisdiction is discussed, and the cases where the SCC found it manifestly lacked jurisdiction are presented. The practice note is written by Adam Runestam, intern at the SCC during January to March 2023 and associate at Hammarskiöld.
Dispute resolution clauses – a must-have for doing business
As one of the world’s leading construction and project development companies, Skanska currently runs building projects across the Nordic region, Europe and the United States. The company has many longstanding contractual relationships with its subcontractors. We asked Jenny Bergendorff, General Counsel at Skanska Sweden, three questions about contract writing and the importance of the dispute resolution clause in implementing a project and closing a deal.
New practice note to emergency arbitrator applications
A recently published Practice Note by SCC legal counsel Evelina Wahlström examines two years’ of SCC Emergency Arbitrator applications. In the report, EA procedures in the commercial cases from this period are described in detail.