The Supreme Court overturned the decision of the Paris Court of Appeal, which had refused enforcement of a Swiss arbitral award on the grounds of corruption, ruling that the lower court misinterpreted the evidence. The Court agreed with the principle applied by the lower court – confirmed by a consistent line of French jurisprudence – that “sufficiently serious, precise and consistent” circumstantial evidence was needed in order to prove corruption, but rejected the lower court’s analysis of the evidence, on the circumstances of the case. The Supreme Court did not refer expressly to the New York Convention. (SEE ALSO the later decision of the Cour d’Appel of Versailles in this case, dated 14 March 2023.)