Australian Courts Aligned with the UK in Reluctance to Depart from Decisions of the Seat Court on Asserted Procedural Defects when Enforcing Foreign Arbitral Awards
The Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia (the Court) recently upheld a decision enforcing an arbitral award made by three London arbitrators (Gujarat NRE Coke Limited v. Coeclerici Asia (Pte) Ltd [2013] FCAFC 109). The Court dismissed the appeal confirming that the arbitrators did not deny the appellants procedural fairness and did not…