Topic: New York Convention
Nigeria fails to knock out US enforcement of mega-award
A US district court will hear an oil and gas company’s bid to enforce an award worth around US$10 billion against Nigeria, after it rejected the state’s sovereign immunity defence.
07 December 2020
Sierra Leone joins New York Convention
Sierra Leone has become the 166th state party to the New York Convention.
10 November 2020
A perilous lack of clarity - Lord Goldsmith on courts' review of jurisdiction
Although a national court's role in reviewing a tribunal's award on jurisdiction at the enforcement stage is well established, the type of review that the court is meant to undertake is "perilously" unclear and should be the subject of guidance, Lord Goldsmith argued during GAR Interactive Moscow.
21 October 2020
Ethiopia joins New York Convention
Ethiopia, which was last year named the fastest growing economy in Africa and second fastest growing economy in the world, has become the latest signatory of the New York Convention.
20 October 2020
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