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Enforcement of Foreign Awards in the UAE: A U-Turn Ahead?

November 2011 - Corporate & Commercial. Legal Developments by Habib Al Mulla & Company.

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Gordon Blanke and Soraya Corm-Bakhos, Arbitration department, Habib Al Mulla & Company

It is commonplace in international arbitration theory that an arbitral award is not worth the paper it is written on unless it is easily enforceable. Unfortunately, enforceability is not always a given in international arbitration practice. Enforcement of foreign awards in the UAE may serve as an instructive example.

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