ENGLISH COMMERCIAL COURT RELEASES S68 AND S69 STATISTICS FOR COURT YEAR 2019 – 2020: CHALLENGES DOWN AGAIN AND THE NON-INTERVENTIONIST APPROACH SUSTAINED

22 January, 2021
The Judiciary of England and Wales has published the minutes of the Commercial Court User Group Meeting that took place at the end of November 2020 (the “2020 Minutes”), providing updated information and statistics relating to challenges to arbitral awards under s68 Arbitration Act 1996 (the “Act”) and appeals on a point of law under … Read more

AWARD ENFORCEMENT ORDERS FROM THE ENGLISH COURTS: DISPUTED FACTUAL ISSUES

19 November, 2020
Earlier this year, the English High Court handed down a judgment (A v B [2020] EWHC 952 (Comm)) delivering a stern warning to claimants who were considering the enforcement of an arbitration award which did not establish a clear “right to payment” (see our previous blog post in connection with that decision.) In brief, the … Read more

ENGLISH HIGH COURT DETERMINES ISSUE OF LAW ARISING IN THE COURSE OF ARBITRAL PROCEEDINGS AT REQUEST OF PARTIES UNDER S45 ARBITRATION ACT 1996

10 November, 2020
In the recent decision in The Eternal Bliss [2020] EWHC 2327 (Comm), the English High Court (the “Court”) determined a point of law regarding liquidated damages in the context of a standard form shipping contract. This followed the referral to the Court by the parties under s45 Arbitration Act 1996 (the “Act”) of two questions … Read more

ENGLISH HIGH COURT CHARACTERISES UNSUCCESSFUL CHALLENGE TO AWARD UNDER S68 AS “SEEKING TO ATTACK AN ARBITRATOR’S FINDINGS OF FACT AND HER EVALUATION OF THE EVIDENCE” UNDER GUISE OF PROCEDURAL IRREGULARITY

30 September, 2020
In the recent decision in ASA v TL [2020] EWHC 2270 (Comm), the English High Court (the “Court”) rejected an application brought by ASA under s68 Arbitration Act 1996 (the “Act”) that sought to challenge an arbitral award on the basis of two alleged serious procedural irregularities. ASA had contended that the arbitrator had decided … Read more

FRENCH COURT OF APPEAL UPHOLDS AWARD THAT WAS DENIED ENFORCEMENT IN ENGLAND

31 July, 2020
In Kabab-Ji SAL (Lebanon) v Kout Food Group (Kuwait) [CA Paris, 23 June 2020, n°17/22943], the Paris Court of Appeal refused to set aside an arbitral award handed down by an ICC Tribunal seated in Paris, although the same award had been denied enforcement and recognition in England on the basis that the award was … Read more