Is enforcement of foreign arbitral awards safe against fraud?

Contax Partners Inc BVI v Kuwait Finance House (KFH-Kuwait) and Others [2024] EWHC 436 (Comm)

by Neil Newing

While the circumstances in the recent High Court decision in Contax Partners Inc BVI v Kuwait Finance House (KFH-Kuwait) and Others [2024] EWHC 436 (Comm) are unique, this case has important wider implications. It raises a question of whether the English civil court procedure for enforcement of foreign arbitral awards is sufficiently robust to protect an innocent party against fraud.