‘an arbitrator has no jurisdiction or authority to award damages on an illegal contract’
Judges:
Lord Denning MR
Citations:
[1953] 1 WLR 562
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Soleimany v Soleimany CA 4-Mar-1998
The parties were Iranian Jews, father and son. The son arranged to export carpets from Iran in contravention of Iranian law. The father and son fell into dispute about their contracts and arranged for the issues to be resolved by the Beth Din . .
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Arbitration
Updated: 29 May 2022; Ref: scu.219314