Opinion ID: 6317061
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Heading: The English Proceeding

Text: On March 16, 2018, P&ID applied to the High Court of Justice, Queen’s Bench Division, Commercial Court in London (“the English Court”) for leave to enforce the Arbitration Award in the United Kingdom. The court granted P&ID leave to enforce the Award on September 26, 2019. Soon thereafter, Nigeria sought to challenge the Arbitration Award. On December 5, 2019, Nigeria applied to the English Court for an extension of time to challenge the Award, alleging that it had uncovered evidence of fraud both in the inducement of the GSPA and in the procurement of the Award. On September 4, 2020, the English Court granted Nigeria’s application for an extension of time to challenge the Award, holding – without making any definitive factual findings – that “Nigeria ha[d] established a strong prima facie case that the GSPA was procured by bribes paid to insiders as part of a larger scheme to defraud Nigeria” and that Quinn had perjured himself in his written 8 testimony, on which the arbitral tribunal had heavily relied. J. App’x at 366. The English Court has scheduled a trial on Nigeria’s fraud claims for January 2023.