12 Dec 2022
STANTEC NEW ZEALAND v FIJI ROADS AUTHORITY [2022] NZHC 3364
- Citation
- [2022] NZHC 3364
- Court
- High Court
The defendant failed to establish any prima facie statutory ground to refuse recognition or enforcement of the ICC arbitral award; the Fiji decisions relied on do not establish that the arbitration agreement is invalid under Fijian law but only that an older procedural statute applies; the defendant withdrew its protest to jurisdiction and had no entitlement to file a late notice of opposition absent a compelling interests-of-justice reason; accordingly the appearance under protest was set aside, leave to file opposition was refused, and the award was entered as a judgment with costs to the p…