Latham & Watkins review the English Commercial Court’s decision in Reliance Industries Ltd and another v Union of India [2018] EWHC 822 (Comm), where the Court considered various challenges to an arbitral award under the Arbitration Act 1996. The authors note that the decision confirms that UNCITRAL Rules do not impose a higher procedural fairness burden than the Arbitration Act and that the foreign act of state doctrine applies in arbitrations and that practitioners will welcome the Court’s important decisions on a technical difference between the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules 1976 (the Rules) and the Act, and on the applicability of the foreign act of state doctrine in arbitration proceedings in England.
English Court Clarifies Key Arbitral Award Issues
