In this week's issue of NLJ, Masood Ahmed of the University of Leicester and Osman Mohammed of the University of Birmingham examine the Commercial Court’s decision in Deinon Insurance Brokers LLC v Reen and others [2025] EWHC 1263 (Comm). The court refused a stay of execution on four arbitral awards, reaffirming that enforcement must proceed without delay once statutory challenges under the Arbitration Act 1996 are exhausted
The defendants argued that Dubai proceedings concerning beneficial ownership created ‘special circumstances’, but Mr Justice Saini dismissed this as a collateral attack designed to frustrate enforcement. He emphasised that arbitration awards are final and binding, and that procedural manoeuvres must not undermine the integrity of the arbitration process.
The judgment sends a strong message: courts will resist attempts to delay or circumvent enforcement and will uphold party autonomy and the principles of fair, timely dispute resolution.
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