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United Kingdom section 68natural justicechallenging awards

Compania Sud-Americana De Vapores SA v Nippon Yusen Kaisha

[2009] EWHC 1606 (Comm)
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtHigh Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division (Commercial Court)
Year2009
StatusPersuasive authority

Key Principle

A serious-irregularity challenge under section 68 of the Arbitration Act 1996 requires the applicant to show not only an irregularity but also that it caused substantial injustice, and no substantial injustice arises where the tribunal addresses the point and a fair process would have made no difference to the outcome.

Area of Law

General

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