Don’t Dallah … Book Now

On 3 November 2010, the UK Supreme Court issued its decision in Dallah Real Estate & Tourism Holding Company v The Ministry of Religious Affairs, Pakistan [2010] UKSC 46, with the members of the Court unanimously declining to enforce under Part III of the Arbitration Act 1996 (giving effect to the UK’s obligations under the New York Convention) an award made by an ICC Tribunal sitting in Paris.

The  decision (and earlier stages of the litigation) addressed several important issues, including the scope and manner of the Court’s review under section 103(2)(b) of the 1996 Act (Article V(1)(a) New York Convention), the place of the doctrine of “competence-competence” within the Act and the application of arbitration agreements to non-signatories. The ruling and judgments of the Supreme Court on these issues will almost certainly have a significant and longstanding effect on UK arbitration practice, while influencing debate and practice in other countries.

British Institute of International and Comparative Law (through its Herbert Smith Senior Research Fellow, Dr Eva Lein) has organised a rapid response seminar to discuss the ruling and implications of Dallah case. The seminar will be held at the Institute’s headquarters from 17:15 to 18:45 0n Wednesday 24 November 2010 (followed by a drinks reception). The assembled panel of experts will include:

• David Brynmor Thomas, Herbert Smith LLP
• Dr Stavros Brekoulakis, Queen Mary, University of London
• Ali Malek QC, 3 Verulam Buildings
• Duncan Speller, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP

Registration and other details of the seminar are available here.

UPDATE: We mistakenly referred to September as the month for this seminar. That has now been corrected – it was, of course, meant to say November. Many thanks to those who emailed pointing out the typo. The time and list of speakers have also been updated.