ABSTRACT
This chapter deals recognition and enforcement of certain foreign awards in the Arbitration Act 1996. Part II of the Arbitration Act 1950 (enforcement of certain foreign awards) continues to apply in relation to foreign awards within the meaning of that Part which are not also New York Convention awards. Section 99 maintains in force Part II of the Arbitration Act 1950, which sets out the enforcement regime applicable to the 1927 Geneva Convention. This provision has, in practice been all but superseded by enforcement under (and countries signing up to) the 1958 New York Convention. A ‘New York Convention award’ means an award made, in pursuance of an arbitration agreement, in the territory of a State (other than the United Kingdom) which is a party to the New York Convention. It is unlikely that many people fell into a Bohemian Rhapsody upon learning of the coming into force of the Arbitration Act 1975.
