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07/10/2026

Bringing a case before the European Court of Human Rights is not simply another level of appeal.

The ECtHR does not retry domestic cases or reconsider national court judgments. Its role is to determine whether a Contracting State has violated rights protected by the European Convention on Human Rights.

In our latest article, we provide a practical overview of bringing a case before the ECtHR, including:

- who can apply;
- key admissibility requirements and the four-month deadline;
- what happens after an application is lodged;
- what the Court can, and cannot, do;
- typical timelines and possible outcomes.

With approximately 90% of applications rejected as inadmissible, careful and timely preparation is critical.

Read the full article here: https://fortiorlaw.com/news/how-to-bring-a-case-to-the-european-court-of-human-rights-a-practical-introduction/

02/10/2026

Fortior Law at Kazakhstan Legal Forum 2026

On 25 September, Fortior Law Partner Galyna Carey took part in the Kazakhstan Legal Forum 2026 in Almaty, joining the panel “International Commercial Arbitration.”

Galyna delivered a presentation on “Contempt for Breach of Anti-Suit Injunctions in Support of Arbitration: Practical and Strategic Issues,” discussing the practical implications of breaches of anti-suit injunctions and the considerations that may arise for parties involved in cross-border disputes.

The panel provided a valuable opportunity to exchange perspectives with fellow arbitration practitioners and discuss current developments and challenges in international commercial arbitration.

We thank the Kazakhstan Legal Forum organisers, fellow panellists and participants for the engaging discussion and a great event in Almaty.

29/09/2026

On 24-25 September, the Fortior Law team, Dmytro Zagorodnyuk, Rusudan Gergauli and Elizaveta Ilyina, took part in .

As part of the Summit’s programme, Dmytro and Rusudan led the seminar “From foreseeable war to force majeure: remedies in grain trade disputes”, sharing Fortior Law’s experience in addressing some of the key legal challenges facing grain traders and the shipping industry in the Black Sea region.

The discussion covered the impact of war on contractual performance and force majeure under English law, as well as emergency remedies in grain trade disputes, including vessel arrests, liens, security and interim measures in support of arbitration.

We would like to thank the Ukraine Pulse & Soybean Association and Alla Agbash for the opportunity to contribute to the programme and share our expertise.

It was a pleasure to see familiar faces, make new connections and be part of these important discussions. Thank you to everyone we met at !

17/09/2026

We are pleased to announce that Galyna Carey will be speaking at the Kazakhstan Legal Forum, taking place on 24-25 September 2026 in Almaty.

On 25 September, Galyna will join the panel “International Commercial Arbitration”, where she will give a presentation on “Contempt for Breach of Anti-Suit Injunctions in Support of Arbitration: Practical and Strategic Issues”.

Her presentation will explore the practical and strategic implications of contempt proceedings where anti-suit injunctions granted in support of arbitration are breached, including the considerations that may arise for parties involved in cross-border disputes.

We look forward to joining fellow practitioners and arbitration specialists in Almaty for discussion and exchange.

16/09/2026

Commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz has dropped to single digits, just seven vessels on 9 September 2026, as overlapping US and Iranian military operations and competing sanctions regimes effectively shut down the world's most critical energy chokepoint.

We break down the legal issues this raises for the shipping and commodities sectors: the safe port obligation and whether Gulf ports remain nominable under charterparties, the operation of war risks clauses entitling owners to refuse transit, the threshold for frustration where the commercial object of a charter is defeated by armed conflict, and the extraordinary compliance challenge created by simultaneous US and Iranian sanctions targeting the same waterway.

Read our full analysis here: https://fortiorlaw.com/news/hormuz-in-single-digits-the-legal-fallout-when-the-worlds-most-important-shipping-lane-shuts-down/

11/09/2026

Norway has just seized a Russian state-owned vessel in the Arctic to enforce a US$4.22 billion arbitral award won by Ukraine’s Naftogaz over the expropriation of its energy assets in Crimea.

We break down the legal issues - including the enforcement framework, the sovereign immunity hurdle, and how award creditors can nonetheless enforce against commercial assets used by states.

Read the full article here: https://fortiorlaw.com/news/norway-seizes-russian-vessel-in-the-arctic-to-enforce-ukraines-4-22-billion-arbitral-award-what-this-means-for-international-enforcement-against-sovereign-states/

08/09/2026

Recent attacks on vessels, ports and export infrastructure have increased the risks affecting commercial shipping and commodity trade across the Black Sea. However, under English law, an attack or disruption does not automatically amount to force majeure.

In this article, we consider the key issues that may determine whether a party can rely on force majeure in these circumstances, including:

• the wording and geographical scope of the relevant clause;
• the distinction between an ongoing war and a specific triggering event;
• whether alternative ports or means of performance remain available;
• causation and the evidence required to establish that performance was prevented; and
• the distinction between force majeure and prohibition clauses under GAFTA and FOSFA contracts.

Read the full article here: https://fortiorlaw.com/news/when-does-an-attack-on-a-black-sea-port-amount-to-force-majeure/

31/08/2026

Chapter 7 of our Arbitration Guide is now available: Common Requests for Procedural and Other Rulings (Applications)

Procedural issues are an inevitable part of arbitration. Where the parties cannot reach agreement, they will often need to ask the tribunal, or, before its constitution, the relevant institution, appointing authority or court, to make a ruling.

In Chapter 7 we provide a practical overview of the most common applications that arise throughout arbitral proceedings, including:

• emergency arbitrator and expedited procedure applications;
• jurisdictional objections and bifurcation;
• extensions of time;
• applications for partial awards;
• security for costs; and
• document production and interim or conservatory measures.

The chapter also considers the practical factors tribunals typically take into account when deciding these applications and how parties can approach them effectively.

🔗 Read Chapter 7 here: https://fortiorlaw.com/news/common-requests-for-procedural-and-other-rulings-applications/

26/08/2026

Fortior Law's Shipping Guide series continues with Chapter 7 - How a Charterparty Is Formed: Offers, Counteroffers, Subjects and Recaps

Charterparties do not need to take any particular form and are routinely concluded by an exchange of emails. The critical question is not how the deal is recorded, but at what point in the negotiations a binding contract comes into existence, especially when the freight market moves sharply between the recap and the signing of a formal charter.

This chapter explains:
• how offer and acceptance work in rapid broker-to-broker negotiations;
• why a counteroffer extinguishes the original offer entirely;
• the legal effects of "subject to details", "subject to stem" and "subject to board approval"; and
• when conduct can create a binding contract even where subjects remain outstanding.

Read the full chapter here: https://fortiorlaw.com/news/how-a-charterparty-is-formed-offers-counteroffers-subjects-and-recaps/

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