Campbell Herbert
Campbell Herbert focuses his practice on complex, multi-jurisdictional disputes.
Campbell has experience advising on disputes under the UNCITRAL, LCIA, ICC, SIAC, HKIAC and ICSID Rules, as well as in national courts. Campbell’s work spans a broad range of industry sectors, jurisdictions, and applicable laws.
When Arbitration Secrets Cross Continental Divides: The Commercial Court’s Latest Take on Confidentiality
By Campbell Herbert on Jun 25, 2025
Posted In Arbitration, Court Judgment, United Kingdom
In the world of arbitration, where the same cast of characters regularly appears on different stages, the question of who knows what – and who can tell whom – has always been deliciously complex. The Commercial Court’s recent decision in A Corporation v. Firm B and another [2025] EWHC 1092 (Comm) serves up a masterclass...
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What a Cargo of Wheat Can Teach Us About Jurisdiction, Justice, and the Art of Drafting Contracts
By Campbell Herbert on Jun 25, 2025
Posted In Arbitration, Court Judgment, United Kingdom
In the pantheon of arbitration appeals, achieving success under sections 67, 68, and 69 of the Arbitration Act 1996 in a single case is rather like scoring a hat-trick in a World Cup final – theoretically possible but rarely achieved. Yet this is precisely what CAFI Commodity & Freight Integrators DMCC (CAFI) managed in its...
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Arbitration Agreements No Longer a Get-Out-of-Jail-Free Card for Insolvent Debtors: A Farewell to Salford Estates
By Campbell Herbert on Jul 2, 2024
Posted In Arbitration, Court Judgment, Banking & Finance, United Kingdom
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council has decisively redrawn the boundaries between arbitration agreements and insolvency proceedings in the case of Sian Participation Corp (In Liquidation) v Halimeda International Ltd.[1] At its core, this case represents a clash between the long-established public policy of insolvency law, which aims to efficiently wind-up insolvent companies for...
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English High Court Unravels National Iranian Oil Company’s Attempt to Shield £100M London Property from Enforcement of Arbitral Award
By Michael Darowski, Campbell Herbert and Jannika Glendon on Apr 23, 2024
Posted In Arbitration, Court Judgment, Oil & Gas, United Kingdom
The English High Court has ordered the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) to transfer a high-value London property to Crescent Gas Corporation Limited (CGC) in satisfaction of a US$2.4 billion arbitral award in favour of CGC against NIOC. The Court found that NIOC’s eleventh-hour transfer of the property to its closely linked Iranian pension fund...
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A Tale of Two Contracts: Reinsurance Dispute Ends in a New York State of Mind
By Campbell Herbert on Apr 22, 2024
Posted In Arbitration, Procedural Legal Update, United Kingdom
In a battle of conflicting contracts, Tyson found itself on the losing end of a reinsurance dispute with Partner Re when the English Court of Appeal ruled[1] that a reinsurance contract on a Market Uniform Reinsurance Agreement (MURA) form superseded a prior contract on a Market Reform Contract (MRC) form, giving effect to the New...
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English Courts Assert Jurisdiction to Grant Anti-Suit Relief in Landmark Case
By Campbell Herbert on Mar 5, 2024
Posted In Court Judgment, Banking & Finance, Oil & Gas, United Kingdom
In a ground-breaking ruling, the Court of Appeal has confirmed that English courts have the authority to issue final anti-suit injunctions in support of arbitration agreements governed by English law, even when the seat of the arbitration is outside of England. The landmark judgment in Unicredit Bank GmbH v Ruschemalliance LLC [2024] EWCA Civ 64,...
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