Questão jurídica principal
Whether the arbitral award on costs violated procedural public policy because the arbitrator allegedly failed to apply Geneva civil procedure rules on attorneys' fees.
Decisão extraída
No procedural public policy violation was shown; the cited Geneva rule was not shown to be an essential procedural rule, and in any event it did not limit costs to a mere partial contribution to legal fees.
Fundamentação extraída
A refusal or even arbitrary misapplication of a procedural rule does not by itself breach procedural public policy; only violations of rules essential to procedural fairness qualify. The Geneva provision invoked, moreover, was interpreted by the Federal Court as allowing reimbursement of necessary costs, including legal fees.