Arbitration Law Monthly
Serious irregularity: fair hearing
In BPY v MXV [2023] EWHC 82 (Comm) the applicant raised a raft of procedural objections under section 68 of the Arbitration Act 1996 to an arbitral award, concluding that the agreements upon which BPY had brought its claim were shams. Butcher J rejected each of the points relied upon by the applicant.
BPY: the facts