In her latest arbitration analysis for LexisNexis, Jennifer Haywood writes: 'Enforcing the exclusivity of the supervisory jurisdiction of an arbitration (Star Hydro Power Ltd v National Transmission and Despatch Company Ltd)'.

The Court of Appeal granted an anti-suit injunction to restrain proceedings in Pakistan intended to undermine an award in a London seated arbitration. The court emphasised the exclusivity of the supervisory jurisdiction of an arbitration for the purposes of a challenge to an award, noting that a ‘challenge’ to an award under the New York Convention is a shield against an application for recognition and enforcement of the award, not a sword with which the award may be cut down.

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