Author, «Enforcing and
Challenging Arbitral Awards in the United States,» Proceedings, Istanbul Conference on International Dispute Resolution: A Global Perspective (Beta Basim A.S. 2008)
Presenter, «Enforcing and
Challenging Arbitral Awards in the United States,» Istanbul Conference on International Dispute Resolution - A Global Perspective, November 2007
Summary: Claimant
challenged the arbitral award, alleging that both the chairman and the arbitrator appointed by respondent had lacked in impartiality and independence.
Summary: The respondent in the arbitration
challenged the arbitral award under Section 34 and 34 of the Swedish Arbitration Act.
A Discussion of the Yukos Case Can the unsuccessful party
challenge an arbitral award on the basis that an arbitral secretary was substantially involved?
A recent highlight saw the team act for an individual in a major case that successfully
challenged an arbitral award arising from a divorce dispute.
HFW appealed to the English High Court under section 67 of the English Arbitration Act 1996, which allows parties to
challenge an arbitral award on substantive jurisdiction.
In this post, we discuss the options for enforcing and
challenging an arbitral award in Canadian courts.
It can also make its own order for security for costs where a party makes an application to
challenge an arbitral award under sections 67, 68, or 69.
Section 67 of the 1996 Act permits a party to
challenge an arbitral award on grounds of lack of substantive jurisdiction.
10.1 On what bases, if any, are parties entitled to
challenge an arbitral award made in your jurisdiction?
The remedy of the respondent to
challenge the arbitral awards is under English law which they have failed to exercise.
Not exact matches
With respect to the
award of interest, the Hamburg Court of Appeal rejected a
challenge to enforcement under article V (1)(c), made on the basis that the
arbitral tribunal had
awarded more interest than had been claimed, considering that an «
arbitral tribunal can in its discretion and on its own initiative
award interest and compound interest for the time until the rendition of the
award and for the time after the rendition of the
award.»
The court ultimately rejected this
challenge because the
arbitral award, though mentioning other parties who were not bound by the arbitration agreement, did not make any
award in their favour or any determination with respect to the rights of those parties.820
Further, where an application to set aside the
arbitral award was pending before a court at the seat of the arbitration, the Court of Appeal of England and Wales considered that the partial enforcement provisions of article V (1)(c) could be applied to enforce the parts of the
award that were not subject to
challenge.836
Parties have brought successful
challenges to enforcement of
arbitral awards under article V (1)(c) in several jurisdictions on the grounds that the
arbitral award addressed a party that was not bound by the arbitration agreement.
Courts have consistently confirmed this in relation to article V (1)(c).837 For example, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied a party's attempt to raise a
challenge under article V (1)(c) to oppose an order compelling arbitration, that is, before the
arbitral proceedings had even taken place.838 The court noted that the provision could only be invoked by a party opposing enforcement of an
award, which was not possible in circumstances where no
award had been issued, and also unlikely where the party raising the
challenge was the claimant in the would - be arbitration, and thus not the party who would be in a position to
challenge any resulting
arbitral award absent any counterclaims.839
by Johan Munck and Helga Hullmann The Committee on the Review of Swedish Arbitration has carried out a review to chart the scope and nature of
challenges to
arbitral awards before Swedish Courts of Appeal.
Summary: The respondent, a Russian energy company,
challenged a 2013
arbitral award that ordered it to pay damages to a U.S. oil company for breaches of a cooperation agreement relating to the...
Summary: The appellant foreign state
challenged the lower court's judgment that real property owned by the appellant could be used to execute an enforcement order of an
arbitral award.
Symmary: The appellant
challenged a Swedish
arbitral award, alleging that it had rightfully terminated the arbitration clause due to the counterparty's breach of an implied obligation of...
Summary: The appellant
challenged a Swedish
arbitral award, alleging that an arbitrator's consultancy work raised doubts as to his impartiality in violation of Section 8 of the Swedish Arbitration...
Summary: The respondent in the arbitration
challenged a separate
award on costs, in which the
arbitral tribunal had ordered the respondent to reimburse the claimant for the respondent's part of...
Summary: The appellant
challenged a Swedish
arbitral award under Section 34 of the Swedish Arbitration Act, alleging that the
arbitral tribunal either exceeded its jurisdiction or committed a...
Yet the enforcement of international
arbitral awards continues to be one of the key
challenges of the international arbitration system, complicated further where the non-complying
award debtor is a state.
The author concludes by identifying some important points that French courts should tackle in the future, that is, the admissibility of
challenges against decisions rendered by
arbitral institutions, and their role in the proceedings concerning
challenges against
arbitral awards.
Nigel regularly deals with applications under the Arbitration Act 1996, such as applications to stay legal proceedings, for the appointment / removal of arbitrators, for the exercise of judicial powers in support of
arbitral proceedings, and for the correction of
awards, as well as appeals from arbitration
awards on points of law and
challenges to
awards for want of jurisdiction or on grounds of serious procedural irregularity.
When an option, we assist our clients with court appeals and other court
challenges in respect of
arbitral awards, in the enforcement of
awards that have not been complied with or in resisting enforcement where appropriate, including working with trusted foreign counsel should the relevant proceedings be abroad.
In a decision recently published on the Swedish Arbitration Portal, the Svea Court of Appeal dismissed a party's
challenge to the
arbitral award, finding that the tribunal had not exceeded its mandate and did not breach the principle of equal treatment of the parties.
The Supreme Court found that security can only be ordered where an application for recognition and enforcement of a foreign
arbitral award is being adjourned due to
challenges to the
award in the courts of the country in, or under the law of which, it was made.
Supreme Court rules that
challenge to enforcement of foreign
arbitral award can not be conditional on payment of security
Unlike an appeal, a party can not
challenge an
award based on any issue related to the merits of the
award; rather, a
challenge will be successful only if the
arbitral award was delivered in violation of one of the limited grounds listed in Article 216 of of the Federal Law No. 11/1992 Concerning the Civil Procedures Law (as amended)(«the CPC»).
Acting and advising in a
challenge to an LMAA
arbitral award under 68 of the Arbitration Act, on the grounds that the tribunal had failed in their duty to act fairly and impartially and failed to consider all the issues which were put to it.
In a decision recently published on the Swedish Arbitration Portal, the Svea Court of Appeal dismissed a party's
challenge to the
arbitral award, finding that the party was precluded from
challenging award on several ground, and had failed to establish that the tribunal had been partial.
Successfully defended a jurisdictional
challenge to an
arbitral award relating to competing arbitration clauses - C v. D1 and Others [2015] EWHC 2126 (Comm).
In a decision recently published on the Swedish Arbitration Portal, the Svea Court of Appeal dismissed a party's
challenge to the
arbitral award, finding that the tribunal had not exceeded its mandate.
The Svea Court of Appeal recently published new internal procedural guidelines for the management of cases concerning
challenge of
arbitral awards.
The Committee on the Review of Swedish Arbitration has carried out a review to chart the scope and nature of
challenges to
arbitral awards before Swedish Courts of Appeal.
Counsel before the Paris Court of Appeal for a commercial party resisting a
challenge to an
arbitral award.
In fact, the Singapore High Court went further to state that it would be an abuse of process to allow a party who had raised a jurisdictional
challenge but chose not to participate in most part of the arbitration, to wait till the opposing party goes through the entire
arbitral process, obtains an
award, only to be met by a setting aside application at the seat when it could have done so within the 30 - day period under Article 16 (3) of the Model Law.
Amendment / invalidity / annulment of an
arbitral award, whether whole or partial, following a review of the merits has been carried out in ten cases, corresponding to almost six percent of all
challenges.
In addition to her trial and appellate experience, Elaine is skilled in arbitration matters (ICC, AAA, JAMS, FINRA and other self - regulatory organizations), litigates
challenges to
arbitral awards under both the FAA and state equivalents, and litigates issues regarding arbitrability of claims.
As EU law is according to Eco-Swiss a public policy ground which requires national courts to review
arbitral awards for their compatibility with EU law, this means that any
arbitral awards where the arbitration seat is in an EU Member State, or the recognition and enforcement of the
award in an EU Member State is sought, can be successfully
challenged in front of national EU courts.
Unless the parties agree otherwise, the parties, the arbitrator and JW will treat the
arbitral proceedings, any related disclosures and / or discovery, and the decisions of the arbitrator, as confidential, except in connection with judicial proceedings ancillary to the arbitration, such as a judicial
challenge to, or enforcement of, an
award, or unless otherwise required by law or to protect a legal right of a party.
The New York Convention «envisions multiple proceedings that address the same substantive
challenge to an
arbitral award» — but a primary jurisdiction situs is generally thought of to have more say in the vacatur / enforcement process.
In this issue: New LCIA rules come into effect; The importance of the link between mediation and arbitration;
Challenging enforcement of an
arbitral award in Australia (1);
Challenging enforcement of an
arbitral award in Australia (2); News; Conferences and events.
An appeal against or
challenge to an
arbitral award under the 1996 Act must be commenced by the issue of an arbitration claim form (in accordance with Part 62 of the English Civil Procedure Rules).
In this issue: Arbitration in China: the final chapter of the CIETAC schism;
Challenging enforcement of an
award and partial enforcement in Australia;
Challenging enforcement of an
arbitral award in Singapore; Conferences and events
10.2 Can parties agree to exclude any basis of
challenge against an
arbitral award that would otherwise apply as a matter of law?
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