Private international law – Pakistan: seminal judgment in Hitachi v Rupalo Polyseter

The authors assess a judgment made by the Supreme Court of Pakistan which decided the scope of jurisdiction of Pakistan courts over international arbitration where the law governing the arbitration agreement is that of Pakistan. Article by M.J. Jaffer and R.Z. Akhund (Orr Dignam & Co, Advocates, Karachi, Pakistan) published in Amicus Curiae - Journal of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies and its Society for Advanced Legal Studies. The Journal is produced by the Society for Advanced Legal Studies at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London.