James Laing Son and Co Ltd v Eastcheap Dried Fruit Company: 1962

McNair J said: ‘An English court exercises control over the enforcement of the arbitral award as part of the lex fori, whatever the proper law of the arbitration agreement or the place where the arbitration is conducted. If a claimant wishes to invoke the executive power in this country to enforce an award in his favour, he can only do so subject to our law.

Judges:

McNair J

Citations:

[1962] 1 LLR 285

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Citing:

ApprovedLondon Export Corporation v Jubilee Coffee Roasting Co Ltd 1958
The court considered any discretion not to enforce a valid arbitration award: ‘When the arbitration agreement has been construed and no breach of the agreed procedure found there may nevertheless arise a second and quite separate question: that is, . .

Cited by:

CitedSoleimany 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: 30 April 2022; Ref: scu.219317