乐鱼体育官网 Court of Appeal finds issue of limitation periods to be governed by law of the seat of arbitration
30 May 2023
Hindustan Oil Exploration Company Limited v Hardy Exploration & Production (India) Inc W-02(NCC)(A)-336-02/2022
The 乐鱼体育官网 Court of Appeal in Hindustan Oil Exploration Company Limited v Hardy Exploration & Production (India) Inc considered the applicable law for determining limitation periods in an arbitration where Indian law governed the agreement between the parties and 乐鱼体育官网 was the seat of the arbitration.
The court held that determining limitation periods is a procedural rather than a substantive issue. The proper law to be applied would therefore be the law of the seat of arbitration.
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