Questão jurídica principal
Whether the tribunal exceeded its jurisdiction by examining as a preliminary issue the validity of a contractual penalty claim by a non-party consortium partner.
Decisão extraída
The tribunal did not exceed its jurisdiction; it was entitled to decide the preliminary issue in order to assess the contractual equalization claim between the parties.
Fundamentação extraída
The penalty claim was only a preliminary question within the arbitration and the award did not finally bind the non-party Z. GmbH.