STAR HYDRO POWER LTD V NATIONAL TRANSMISSION AND DESPATCH COMPANY LTD

[2025] EWCA Civ 928, Court of Appeal, Lord Justice Peter Jackson, Lord Justice Phillips and Lady Justice Andrews, 24 July 2025

Arbitration – Anti-suit injunction – Challenge to English award in Pakistan – New York Convention

In 2010 NTDCL the Pakistani state operator of the electricity industry, entered into a Power Purchasing Agreement with SHPL under which SHPL agreed to construct, operate and maintain a hydro-electric power generation complex at Patrind in return for which PANTDCL agreed to purchase from SHPL electricity generated at the Plant for a period of 30 years from 8 November 2017.