The recent case of Dallah has led some to fear that arbitration's pro-enforcement era has come to an abrupt end before the U.K. Supreme Court in its very first arbitration-related case, and that the impeccable record of the New York Convention has somehow been tarnished as a result. However, the present article welcomes the decision as a good example of the English courts lending increased legitimacy and credibility to the arbitral process, by refusing to enforce an award for arguably all the right reasons.
Journal of International Arbitration