Halliburton vs Chubb: disclose, disclose, disclose

By Hamish Lal2020-11-30T11:34:00

A new Supreme Court ruling clarifies the test for apparent arbitrator bias

Contractors fatigued of the adage “records, records, records” may feel a sense of symmetry that the Supreme Court judgment in Halliburton Company v Chubb Bermuda Insurance Ltd [2020] UKSC 48 handed down on 27 November 2020, exactly a year after it was heard. The case considered whether and to what extent an arbitrator may accept appointments in multiple references concerning the same or overlapping subject matter with only one common party without thereby giving rise to the appearance of bias.

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