"In my judgment, neither Amnesty International and the other human rights groups, nor Belgium, have arguable grounds for judicial review and accordingly I shall refuse both applications," the judge said.
But that should not be grounds for arbitration.
Equally troubling in the Sieracki case is the idea that a referee's decision could be grounds for arbitration.
It is those, as Mechel implied and other companies have painfully experienced, of Russia's taxmen, ready to pounce, arbitrarily or for political purposes, but not necessarily without arguable grounds.So it is no surprise that Russia's steelmen see the outside world as a kinder place.
This is being resisted, on the arguable grounds that list MSPs should not be allowed to preponderate over constituency members, but also, less altruistically, because it will lead to a severe outbreak of turf wars among those scrabbling for seats.
But Lord Justice Simon said the argument did "not give rise to arguable grounds of appeal or put in issue the safety of the conviction" and refused leave for an appeal.
He was told that no arguable grounds had been raised which could affect the safety of the verdict.
Goldman has limited grounds for vacating an arbitration award, however.
The applicable law provides that bias or partiality, or even the appearance thereof, constitute grounds for vacating an arbitration award.
There are therefore strong grounds for preferring double reading with arbitration to single reading with CAD.
High Court judge Mr Justice Kenneth Parker ruled that one of the billionaire's grounds for review was "arguable".
