Significant cases

Musawi v RE International (UK) Ltd

In this case the court decided two legal issues. First, for agreements made before 1 April 1991, at common law the proper law of a contract had to be either English law or the law of another country, and the courts would not apply any other system, such as Shia Sharia law. Second, however, the parties were entitled to agree that an arbitration could be governed by Shia Sharia law.