The WLR Daily case summaries
[2021] WLR(D) 203
Queens Bench Division
Hulley Enterprises Ltd and others
v
Russian Federation
[2021] EWHC 894 (Comm)
2021 March 8–11; April 14
Henshaw J
Arbitration— Award— Enforcement— Claimants obtaining New York Convention awards against defendant sovereign state— Claimants applying for recognition and enforcement of awards in England — Defendant indicating intention to dispute jurisdiction of English court on state immunity grounds— Proceedings subsequently stayed pending determination of challenge to awards before curial court— Appeal court in place of seat rejecting challenge and defendants appealing to supreme court— Claimants applying for stay to be lifted or alternatively for adjournment pending supreme court decision conditional on security being provided pursuant to English arbitration statute— Whether stay to be lifted— Whether court having power to grant adjournment and order security when state immunity issues unresolved—
State Immunity Act 1978 (c 33), s 1
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Arbitration Act 1996 (c 23), s 103(5)