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Writing in Law360, Serle Court's Zoe O'Sullivan KC assesses the decision in PJSC National Bank Trust v Mints [2023] EWHC 118 (Comm), discussing how Cockerill J found that it is not contrary to the UK's anti-Russian sanctions regime for a court to enter judgment in favour of a sanctioned party.
The full article is available here (behind a paywall).
Zoe O'Sullivan KC is an experienced barrister and arbitrator practising at Serle Court in London. She is recommended by Chambers UK Bar for Commercial Dispute Resolution, Banking & Finance and Information Technology. Zoe is also recommended in Dispute Resolution (The English Bar - United Arab Emirates) by Chambers Global.
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Zoe O’Sullivan KC has written an article for Global Arbitration Review titled 'If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it: the English Arbitration Act and confidentiality'.
In the article, Zoe considers the Law Commission's long-awaited review of the Arbitration Act 1996 and argues that the Law Commission’s provisional conclusion not to adopt a statutory code of confidentiality in the English Arbitration Act is pragmatic and sensible. She looks at important recent case-law including Economic Department of City of Moscow v Bankers Trust Co [2005] QB 207; Emmott v Michael Wilson & Partners [2008[ EWCA Civ 184; Halliburton v Chubb [2020] UKSC 48; and AEGIS v European Re [2003] UKPC 11.
This article was published in Global Arbitration Review on 18 October 2022. Read Zoe’s article here (paywalled).
Judgment in Shanghai Shipyard v Reignwood International Investment (Group) Company Ltd [2020] EWHC 803 (Comm) was handed down on Friday, 3rd April. Zoe O'Sullivan QC of Serle Court and Harry Wright of 7KBW acted for Reignwood. Please click here for the judgment.
Zoe discusses how O'Farrell J's judgment usefully revisits an issue on which lawyers are often asked to advise in practice: does the contract impose binding obligations on the parties to exhaust all contractual dispute resolution processes before they can commence court or arbitration proceedings?
