Westacre Investments Inc v Jugoimport-Sdrp Holding Company Limited; etc: CA 12 May 1999

Where an arbitrator had rejected an allegation of bribery in a claim after due consideration, the court would not accept a challenge to that finding where it was accepted that the underlying claim would have failed in any event.

Judges:

Waller, Mantell LJJ, Sir David Hirst

Citations:

Times 25-May-1999, [1999] EWCA Civ 1401, [1999] 3 WLR 811, [1999] 3 All ER 864, [1999] 1 All ER (Comm) 865, [1999] 2 Lloyd’s Rep. 65, [1999] CLC 1176, [1999] BLR 279, Independent 25-May-1999

Links:

Bailii

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Citing:

Appeal fromWestacre Investments Inc v Jugoimport-SDPR Holding Co Ltd ComC 19-Dec-1997
There was a consultancy agreement, under which it was said to be contemplated or intended (or both) that the plaintiffs would bribe Kuwaiti officials in order to obtain contracts for the purchase of military equipment. The contract was governed by . .

Cited by:

Appealed toWestacre Investments Inc v Jugoimport-SDPR Holding Co Ltd ComC 19-Dec-1997
There was a consultancy agreement, under which it was said to be contemplated or intended (or both) that the plaintiffs would bribe Kuwaiti officials in order to obtain contracts for the purchase of military equipment. The contract was governed by . .
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Arbitration, Contract

Updated: 30 May 2022; Ref: scu.146316