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Electric and Gas Insurance Services Ltd v European Reinsurance Co of Zurich

Associated Electric & Gas Insurance Services Ltd v European Reinsurance Co of Zurich (Bermuda) [2003] UKPC 11, [2003] 1 WLR 1041
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtJudicial Committee of the Privy Council (on appeal from Bermuda)
Year2003
StatusPersuasive authority

Key Principle

The implied obligation of confidentiality in arbitration does not prevent a party from invoking, in a later arbitration between the same parties, an issue estoppel arising from an award in an earlier arbitration; the duty of confidentiality is subject to exceptions and yields to the legitimate use of an award to establish the parties' rights.

Area of Law

General

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