May 27, 2025 – Wasel & Wasel

Securing Sensitive Data: Contract Clauses for AI Integration

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is no longer confined to specialized platforms like ChatGPT or other large language models. Everyday business software—including common suites from Microsoft and Adobe—has begun integrating AI-driven features that may process, store, or learn from user input. This evolving landscape creates unique risk considerations regarding how confidential and sensitive data is handled. Organizations […]

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Superintendent’s Certificate to Arbitration: Interpreting Liquidated Damages from a Queensland Court of Appeal

Melbourne / Mahmoud Abuwasel

In the recent decision of Pacific Diamond 88 Pty Ltd v Tomkins Commercial & Industrial Builders Pty Ltd [2025] QCA 50, the Queensland Court of Appeal offered some illuminating perspectives on how arbitration clauses can interact with (and ultimately safeguard) the parties’ substantive rights when a contract’s payment and security mechanisms are under strain. Although

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War Series: When Does Port Congestion Become ‘Restraint of Princes’? Lessons from Sanko Steamship v. Navios 1982 Arbitration

War Series / Mahmoud Abuwasel

Throughout history, maritime commerce has been as prone to the vagaries of war, political upheaval, and governmental interference as any endeavor that crosses national boundaries. For businesses operating in modern conflict zones, an enduring legal concept known as the “Restraint of Princes” doctrine highlights how governmental action can—or cannot—absolve parties from contractual liability. This article

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ADGM Courts and Arbitrations Administered by the ICC ADGM Office: A Revisited Look at the Onshore/Offshore Divide in Light of Recent UAE Decisions

Abu Dhabi / Mahmoud Abuwasel

Introduction Throughout 2022 onwards, multiple judgments of the Abu Dhabi Cassation and Appeals Courts took the view that an ICC arbitration “seated” in Abu Dhabi but administered by the ICC office in the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) came under the exclusive jurisdiction of the ADGM Courts rather than the onshore Abu Dhabi Courts. The

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