Enforcement of awards under the New York Convention: security for the award

In Eastern European Engineering Ltd v Vijay Construction (Proprietary) Ltd [2017] EWHC 797 (Comm), Andrew Baker J considered whether a defendant who had applied to set aside an enforcement order pending a determination on the validity of the award in the curial courts could be required to provide security for the award in proceedings brought by the claimant to adjourn the defendant’s application.

Eastern European Engineering: the facts