UK court blocks Pakistan from raising corruption allegations in Reko Diq case
July 9, 2021
LONDON: The London High Court has blocked Pakistan from pleading corruption allegations in the famous Reko Diq case in a challenge to an International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) partial award won by the Australian mining firm Tethyan Copper Company (TCC) ruling that the province of Balochistan can no longer plead corruption allegations against the gold mining giant as the Supreme Court of Pakistan had not based its decision in the Reko Diq on corruption allegations.
The News and Geo have exclusive access to the 98-page decision by Justice Mr Robin Knowles. The court ruling by Judge Robin Knowles comes as a setback as Pakistan’s legal team had sought to get the whole case nullified using the Supreme Court of Pakistan’s decision. But the London High Court found that Balochistan opted not to raise the issue of corruption during the international arbitration and in fact did not even alleg
A view of Reko Diq fields. Reuters/File
LONDON: Pakistan does not have the right to mount corruption allegations as a defence to challenge the jurisdiction of an arbitral tribunal in the Reko Diq case, a UK judge ruled this week.
In the case, Province of Balochistan v. Tethyan Copper Company (TCC), Judge Robin Knowles of the High Court of Justice rejected Balochistan’s position in which it referred to a Supreme Court decision, saying it was not enough to demonstrate that the allegations of corruption had been raised before the tribunal. English arbitration law bars parties from raising issues before the court that were not raised during the arbitration, according to the decision.
UK judge denies Pakistan corruption defence in Reko Diq case Dawn 16 hrs ago none@none.com (Atika Rehman)
LONDON: Pakistan does not have the right to mount corruption allegations as a defence to challenge the jurisdiction of an arbitral tribunal in the Reko Diq case, a UK judge ruled this week.
In the case, Province of Balochistan v. Tethyan Copper Company (TCC), Judge Robin Knowles of the High Court of Justice rejected Balochistan’s position in which it referred to a Supreme Court decision, saying it was not enough to demonstrate that the allegations of corruption had been raised before the tribunal. English arbitration law bars parties from raising issues before the court that were not raised during the arbitration, according to the decision.
July 8, 2021
LONDON: The London High Court has blocked Pakistan from pleading corruption allegations in the famous Reko Diq case in a challenge to an International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) partial award won by the Australian mining firm Tethyan Copper Company (TCC) - ruling that the province of Balochistan can no longer plead corruption allegations against the gold mining giant as the Supreme Court of Pakistan had not based its decision in the Reko Diq on corruption allegations.
The News has exclusive access to the 98-page decision by Justice Robin Knowles.
The court ruling by Judge Robin Knowles of the High Court of Justice comes as a setback as Pakistan’s legal team had sought to get the whole case nullified using the Supreme Court of Pakistan’s decision, but the London High Court found that Balochistan opted not to raise the issue of corruption during the international arbitration and in fact didn’t even allege corruption – while raising the corruption allegations in
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