Latham & Watkins review the English High Court’s decision in Sabbagh v Khoury, where the Court issued an anti-arbitration injunction to restrain arbitration proceedings commenced in Lebanon on the basis that, contrary to the Lebanese arbitral tribunal’s findings, the tribunal did not have jurisdiction to hear the case. The judgment clarifies the exceptional circumstances in which anti-arbitration injunctions against foreign-seated arbitrations might be granted.
English Court Issues Anti-Arbitration Injunction Restraining Lebanese Arbitration Proceedings
