Summary enforcement of arbitral awards: grounds for refusal

The decision of Clare Ambrose, sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge, in Sterling v Rand [2019] EWHC 2560 (Ch) contains much thoughtful and complex analysis of the circumstances in which the court may refuse enforcement of a domestic arbitration award under section 66 of the Arbitration Act 1996. Important and previously unresolved points are made about a number of the sections of the 1996 Act.

Sterling : the facts