Omnium de Traitement et de Valorisation S A v Hilmarton Ltd: ComC 24 May 1999

Whether an Award in an arbitration whose proper and curial law was Swiss should be refused enforcement in England under Section 103 of the Arbitration Act 1996 in a case where the arbitrator had expressly found that no corrupt activity was involved, but English law would not have enforced the underlying contract due to illegality in the place of performance.

Judges:

Timothy Walker J

Citations:

[1999] 2 All ER (Comm) 146, [1999] 2 Lloyd’s Rep. 222

Arbitration

Updated: 30 April 2022; Ref: scu.225411