Dardana Ltd v Yukos Oil Company: QBD 21 Dec 2001

The defendant sought to challenge the enforcement here of a foreign arbitration award. It sought security for costs.
Held: The action was not a challenge to the award itself, but rather to challenge an attempt to enforce it in England. The challenge was therefore in its nature defensive, and accordingly the courts did have power to require security for costs against the claimant.

Judges:

Chambers J

Citations:

Times 04-Feb-2002

Statutes:

Practice Direction: Arbitrations (Civil Procedure volume 2, paragraph 2B-1) 31.3, Arbitration Act 1996 103

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Citing:

See AlsoYukos Oil Company v Dardana Ltd CA 6-Jul-2001
The applicant had sought to have set aside an arbitral award given in Sweden. In the meantime the defendant had applied for its enforcement on an ex parte basis, and the applicant now sought leave to appeal. . .

Cited by:

Appeal fromDardana Ltd v Yukos Oil Company CA 18-Apr-2002
The court was asked as to the appropiateness of making a split order. . .
Appeal fromYukos Oil Company v Dardana Ltd CA 18-Apr-2002
The claimant sought to enforce an arbitration award made in Sweden, even though it had yet to give its final adjudication on the defence under the New York Convention argued by the defendant.
Held: The Act cannot have been intended to give the . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.

International, Costs, Arbitration

Updated: 19 July 2022; Ref: scu.167543