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Dubai Court of Cassation, 16 February 2020, Case No. 3/2020 (Commercial)

(MEFHAZ Commodity v. Sodukon Middle East)

16 - 02 - 2020

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Jurisdiction United Arab Emirates
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Summary

As there was no evidence that the parties had agreed to subject an award of The Refined Sugar Association, rendered in London, to UAE arbitration law, the award was a foreign award whose exequatur was to be sought before the Execution Judge, not the Court of Appeal.
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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.

Procedure for enforcement in general
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