28 Jul 2021
HG METAL MANUFACTURING LTD v NAVARATNAM [2021] NZHC 1920
- Citation
- [2021] NZHC 1920
- Court
- High Court
None of the limited statutory grounds for refusing recognition and enforcement in sch 1 art 36 were established: duress was not proven on the contemporaneous evidence; the Singapore High Court decision related to a different (July) guarantee and did not bar arbitration under the September Guarantee; issuance of Singapore proceedings did not amount to repudiation of the arbitration agreement; appointment and procedural complaints did not show a breach of natural justice or invalidate the Award; accordingly the Award was recognised and ordered entered as judgment against Vashiharan Navaratnam.