UK 79 A

High Court of Justice, Queen’s Bench Division, Commercial Court, 22 March 2007

(Gater Assets Limited v. NAK Naftogaz Ukrainiy)

22 - 03 - 2007

UK 79 A

Yearbook Yearbook Commercial Arbitration, A.J. van den Berg (ed.), Vol. XXXIII (2008)

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See also Court of Appeal (Civil Division), 17 October 2007

(Gater Assets Limited v. NAK Naftogaz Ukrainiy)

UK 79 B

and

High Court of Justice, Queen’s Bench Division, Commercial Court, 15 February 2008

(Gater Assets Limited v. NAK Naftogaz Ukrainiy)

UK 79 C

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UK 79 A