The High Court has decided that a compensation sentence ruled by a foreign court or arbitration is the jurisdiction of the Civil Court, in response to Hilton International’s request for an enforcement hearing.

The High Court had held its first hearing for the case on Monday, where both Hilton and Sun Travel and Tours had agreed that the Civil Court should conduct the enforcement hearing.

 Hilton won USD 24 million from Sun Travels for the abrupt termination of the termination of a contract given to it to operate a resort in Irfusuhi island in 2013. The contract was given to Hilton in 2009.

The High Court had referred to article 73 of the Arbitration Act and set precedent to conclude that the Civil Court is the appropriate adjudicator for the case.

The hotel-chain originally sought enforcement of the sentence with the Civil Court, which had conceded the case to the higher court.

Further, another case Hilton filed with the Civil Court for damages it suffered – which came after the contract was officially deemed void leaning towards Hilton’s fraudulent terms claim – was in Sun Travel's favour, with the judge ruling Hilton to pay a sum of USD 16 million dollars to Sun Travel and Tours, within a period of six months.