Do Fraudulent Documents, Used to Trigger Payment under a Letter of Credit, Engage Public Policy Reasons to Refuse Enforcement of International Arbitration Awards? - Arbitration: The International Journal of Arbitration, Mediation and Dispute Management View Do Fraudulent Documents, Used to Trigger Payment under a Letter of Credit, Engage Public Policy Reasons to Refuse Enforcement of International Arbitration Awards? by - Arbitration: The International Journal of Arbitration, Mediation and Dispute Management Do Fraudulent Documents, Used to Trigger Payment under a Letter of Credit, Engage Public Policy Reasons to Refuse Enforcement of International Arbitration Awards? 84 4

Claimants in international arbitration often seek to enforce their awards in foreign territories. An issue for claimants is overcoming public policy in the relevant state where assets may lie. Public policy varies from country to country and remains one of the New York Convention’s grounds for a state to refuse enforcing an award. This article examines how the law of England and Wales approaches enforcing awards when a respondent claims that an award is unenforceable on the ground of public policy.

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