I regularly publish analysis of developments in cases and international practice, and am a contributor to Arbitration Matters. Read a selection here:

• Case Note – Inter Pipeline Ltd v. Teine Energy Ltd, 2024 ABKB 740, Arbitration Matters, 7 February 2025 (test for stay of domestic award enforcement pending challenge or appeal)

• Case Note – Royal and Sunalliance Insurance v Ontario Provincial Police, 2024 ONSC 5505, Arbitration Matters, 20 November 2024 (pre-hearing disclosure from non-parties to arbitration)

• Case Note – Colbourne Chrysler Dodge Ram Ltd. v. MacDonald et al. v. Colbourne, MacDougall, and Denny, 2024 NSSC 204, Arbitration Matters, 29 August 2024 (stay of litigation in favor of arbitration)

• Case Note – Medivolve v. JSC Chukotka Mining, 2024 ONSC 2200, Arbitration Matters, 5 June 2024 (enforcement of award despite respondents’ non-participation)

• Case Note – The Law Society of British Columbia and Valerie Frances Hemminger, 2024 LSBC 7, Arbitration Matters, 27 Mar. 2024 (evidence relevant to the test of reasonable apprehension of bias)

• Timothy Reflects (2023): Are arbitral tribunals soft targets for bad actors?, Arbitration Matters, 17 Jan. 2024 (observations on the set-aside proceeding in P&ID v Nigeria)

• Case Note – Hawthorn v. Hawrish, 2023 BCCA 182, Arbitration Matters, 7 June 2023 (arbitration of amended claims after attornment to court)

• Case Note – CC/Devas (Mauritius) Ltd. v. Republic of India, 2022 OCCS 4785, Arbitration Matters, 14 Feb.2023 (state immunity in the context of award enforcement)

• Timothy’s 2022 Hot Topic – At the crossroads of class actions and arbitration, Arbitration Matters #702, January 2023

• Alberta – Court of Appeal to clarify its jurisdiction in arbitration matters, Arbitration Matters #689, December 2022

• Amazon purchasers’ class-action competition claims referred to arbitration, Arbitration Matters #683, November 2022

• Case note - Ong v Fedoruk, 2022 ABQB 557, Arbitration Matters, September 2022

• Promoting witness honesty in virtual hearings and the lessons to be learned from social science: A conversation with Dr. Ula Cartwright-Finch, New York Dispute Resolution Lawyer, Vol. 14 No. 2, September 2021.

• A warning shot for investor-state dispute settlement under NAFTA 2.0? HSF Notes, August 2017

• What to watch for as NAFTA (re)negotiators get to work HSF Notes, August 2017

• UK’s ratification of ILO Forced Labour Protocol HSF Notes, January 2016

• High Court of Hong Kong requires strong reasons to refuse to enjoin foreign proceedings brought in breach of Hong Kong arbitration clause HSF Notes, May 2015

• Investor’s claims against Peru thrown out due to abusive corporate restructuring to acquire treaty rights HSF Notes, February 2015

• PCA–Hong Kong Host Country Agreement anticipates increase in disputes involving States in Asia HSF Notes, January 2015

• NAFTA tribunal considers issues of res judicata and the customary international law minimum standard of treatment HSF Notes, November 2014

• The future of investment agreements: meeting of the World Investment Forum Unclean hands and contributory fault HSF Notes, November 2014

• Unclean hands and contributory fault, Global Arbitration Review, September 2014 (Subscription required)

• Revisions to the HKIAC’s Model Clauses address uncertainty regarding the law governing arbitration clauses HSF Notes, August 201

• The largest Arbitration Awards in history: Three majority shareholders in Yukos awarded total damages of over $50bn from the Russian Federation HSF Notes, August 2014