This article was originally published on Lloyd’s Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly and is republished with permission.
In this bulletin, we once again draw on our annual reports on French shipping law published by Andrew Tetley and Antoine Guillemot in the Lloyds Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly Yearbook.
In this bulletin, Andrew Tetley and Antoine
This article was originally published on Lloyd’s Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly and is republished with permission.
In the latest of our series, which is annually published in the Lloyds Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly Yearbook, Andrew Tetley and Antoine Guillemot have collated and reported on developments in French shipping law.
In a recent decision, the Paris Court of Appeal refused to enforce an LMAA arbitral award on the basis that the underlying contract was affected by illegality on account of corruption.
Introduction
Pursuant to article V of the 1958 New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards, a national authority may