English Courts Refuse Bribery-Based Application

If you have obtained a judgment or arbitral award outside England and Wales, you may wish to enforce it in England or Wales because your debtor is located or has assets here. If so, it is positive to know that English courts do not tread lightly regarding requests to set aside orders enforcing foreign arbitral awards.

This was recently demonstrated by the TCC in London, in the case of Honeywell International Middle East Limited v Meydan Group LLC 1 (formerly known as Medan LLC) where Mr Justice Ramsey made it clear that the English courts take a robust approach to challenges to the enforcement of foreign arbitration awards, even where allegations of bribery are involved.

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