Republic of Sierra Leone v SL Mining Ltd 2021 EWHC 286 Comm - 15 February 2021
Country
Year
2021
Summary
This has been the hearing of a challenge under s 67 of the Arbitration Act 1996 (the 1996 Act) by the Claimant, the Republic of Sierra Leone, to the Partial Final Award on Jurisdiction dated 6 March 2020 by Arbitrators, Professor Fabian Gelinas, Justice Sanji Monageng and Dr Michael Pryles AQ PBM, in an underlying ICC Arbitration between it as respondent and the Defendant, SL Mining Ltd as claimant.
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Conclusion
Of the four issues that I have set out in paragraph 6 above, I have run together the third and fourth. I am satisfied that the Defendant wins on each issue, and that there is no basis for any challenge under s67 to the Award. This is not a challenge to the jurisdiction, and, if it were, the Claimant would fail, because it consented to the RFA on 30 August, and, in any event, as at 30 August there was no bar to the commencement of arbitration by the Defendant.
Statement from the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice in Response to the English High Court Ruling Between SL Mining and the Republic of Sierra Leone - 16 February 2021
- OGEL: Statement from the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice in Response to the English High Court Ruling Between SL Mining and the Republic of Sierra Leone - 16 February 2021
- TDM: Statement from the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice in Response to the English High Court Ruling Between SL Mining and the Republic of Sierra Leone - 16 February 2021