The jurisdictional limits of enforcing an arbitral award: Commercial Court finds no jurisdiction to impose worldwide freezing order against third parties outside England and Wales in support of an arbitration claim
The success of international commercial arbitration as a form of alternative dispute resolution much depends on the extent to which parties may vindicate their rights through the enforcement of any arbitral award. For this reason, to date – consistent with the pro-arbitration approach adopted by courts in many jurisdictions – English commercial court judges have…