English High Court rules against admission of counterclaim in proceedings for the enforcement of arbitral award

On 22 October 2021, the English Commercial Court in Selevision Co v Bein Media Group LLC case [2021] EWHC 2802 (Comm) found that it had no jurisdiction to admit a counterclaim in the context of an application for authorisation to enforce a USD 8,048,018.88 New York Convention award, pursuant to art. 101(2) Arbitration Act 1996 and the Civil Procedure Rule (CPR) 62.