SOUTH AFRICA 8
South Africa 8. Balkan Energy Limited et al. v. The Government of the Republic of Ghana, High Court of South Africa, Gauteng Local Division, Case No. 17/18638, 29 June 2017
The court discusses the principle that the procedure for the enforcement of awards under the Convention is governed by the lex fori, as well as procedural issues (such as the competent enforcement court) not falling under the specific cases of ¶¶ 302-307.
The court discusses the general conditions the Convention imposes on a petitioner for seeking recognition and enforcement of an arbitral award – namely, the submission of the original arbitration agreement or arbitral award or a certified copy thereof – and examines in general whether these conditions were complied in the case at issue.