Enforcement of foreign arbitration awards
Series: Arbitration Law Monthly ; 1(2) March 2001, 10-12(3)Publication details: 2001Subject(s):- MANAGEMENT-DISPUTE AVOIDANCE, MANAGEMENT AND RESOLUTION-DISPUTE MANAGEMENT AND RESOLUTION-ARBITRATION
- NEW YORK CONVENTION 1958
- ARBITRATION ACT 1996 S102
- MEDISON CO LTD V VICTOR (FAR EAST) LTD
- HONG KONG ARBITRATION ORDNANCE
- INTERNATIONAL
- FOREIGN ARBITRATION AWARDS
- ENFORCEMENT
- HEARSAY EVIDENCE
- FULL DISCLOSURE
- Dispute resolution
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| Journal article | London Journal article | ABS63687 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 111940-1001 |
Provided particular documentary evidence is supplied, the New York Convention 1958 provides that a foreign arbitration award can be enforced. Details of the evidence required are set out in article IV of the Convention, and are reproduced in the English Arbitration Act 1996 s102. They have also been set out in the Hong Kong Ordinance s43. Discusses "Medison Co Ltd v Victor (Far East) Ltd", which dealt with the enforcement of a South Korean arbitration award in Hong Kong. The decision includes important observations on the role of the enforcing court, and thus has implications for other countries.