The Supreme Court denied enforcement of a Kazakh award on public policy grounds. In this case, it held that the arbitrator had erroneously applied Kazakh law to the dispute. Since the parties’ agreement did not specify the applicable substantive law, Belarusian law ought to have been applied, in accordance with the civil codes of both Kazakhstan and Belarus.
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Public policy: The court discusses the effect of other alleged violations of public policy on the recognition and enforcement of an arbitral award, such as contradictory reasons, manifest disregard of the law (US), etc.