BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS 4

15 - 07 - 2013

BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS 4

Yearbook Yearbook Commercial Arbitration, A.J. van den Berg (ed.), Vol. XL (2015)
Jurisdiction Virgin Islands, British
Summary

British Virgin Islands 4. Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, High Court of Justice, British Virgin Islands Circuit, 15 July 2013

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502

The court discusses the principle that the merits of the award may not be reviewed and that the court may only carry out a limited review of the award to ascertain grounds for refusal.

No re-examination of the merits of the arbitral award
512 Ground c: Excess by arbitrator of his authority - Excess of authority
523

Public policy: The court discusses alleged violations of a fundamental rule of due process in the arbitration on the recognition and enforcement of an arbitral award, including the failure to communicate the names of the arbitrators, the failure to send copies of reports or letters filed in the arbitration, etc.

Irregularities in the arbitral procedure (see also Art. V(1)(b))
524

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.

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