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Doha: Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development (QF) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with The Abdullah Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah International Foundation for Energy and Sustainable Development (The Al-Attiyah Foundation) aimed at creating new knowledge about climate change in Qatar and raising awareness about the need for action to tackle one of the planet s most urgent challenges.
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The decision clarifies the circumstances under which an arbitral award might be challenged.
A recent decision by the English Commercial Court indicates that failure to comply with a precondition to arbitration (such as an obligation to negotiate) calls into question the admissibility of a claim, rather than calling into question the jurisdiction of the arbitrators to hear such a claim. As parties to arbitration can only challenge an award through the English courts under s. 67 of the Arbitration Act 1996 (the Act) for lack of jurisdiction, and not in relation to the admissibility of a claim, the decision suggests that s. 67 may not be available to bring challenges concerned with a failure to comply with such preconditions to arbitration.