Foreign awards unenforceable?

Foreign shipping arbitration awards may be unenforceable in Australia, as Derek Luxford, of Hicksons, reports

Arecent judgment by Mr Justice Foster in the Federal Court of Australia in which the court declined to enforce two LMAA arbitration awards made pursuant to a London arbitration clause in a voyage charterparty involving the carriage of coal from Australia to China in December 2009 has created considerable controversy in maritime circles in Australia, London and elsewhere.