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Arbitration Law Monthly

Arbitration awards: effect of award on third parties

In Vale SA and Others v Steinmetz and Others [2021] EWCA Civ 1087 the Court of Appeal confirmed the long-standing principle that an arbitration award between A and B cannot affect a separate claim that A might have against a third party, C, unless C is in some way a privy of B.

Vale: the facts

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