6 St James Hall senior counsel Dr Christopher Ward SC, leading Callista Harris of 7 Wentworth Selborne (instructed by Eliza Danby of Pinsent Masons), appeared successfully for Murra Warra Asset Co Pty Ltd in novel proceedings before the Victorian Supreme Court in relation to the construction of a hybrid arbitration clause.

The case involved competing arbitrations commenced with the ICC and the Resolution Institute. The Court concluded that the hybrid arbitration clause required arbitration conducted by the Resolution Institute applying the ICC Rules in part.

The decision can be found at: https://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/cases/vic/VSC/2026/48.html