SCC: We are pleased to share that SCC Legal Counsel Jake Lowther and former SCC intern Håvard Sanne-Halvorsen have published an article...

We are pleased to share that SCC Legal Counsel Jake Lowther and former SCC intern Håvard Sanne-Halvorsen have published an article in the 𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘳𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.   The article examines the Supreme Court of Norway’s judgment in HR-2025-921-A, a decision that offers timely guidance on arbitrator independence and impartiality.   The case addresses critical questions for international arbitration practitioners, including:  • The threshold for disqualification of arbitrators versus court judges  • When a law firm's client relationship may disqualify a lawyer from serving as arbitrator  • The scope of arbitrators' duty of disclosure   Commenting on the significance of the judgment, Jake Lowther notes: "𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗶𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝗦𝗖𝗖, 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽𝘀 𝗲𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗽𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘆."   Read the full article in the Journal of…