Not exact matches
Similarly, the entire judgment and the Court's main conclusion were premised on the situation
where an
arbitral tribunal interprets and applies EU law, indicating that the judgment has no impact on pending
proceedings where EU law plays no (or only an indirect) role.
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
The same result has been reached in cases
where the party opposing enforcement has alleged that the
arbitral procedure was irregular, but at the same time chose not to participate in the
proceedings.
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.
Another approach to avoid this concern might be to regard immunity as inapplicable to a proceeding which relates directly to another, non-immune underlying proceeding only
where it is a necessary or readily foreseeable corollary of that underlying proceeding — as is the case with
proceedings to enforce a foreign
arbitral award, but not, presumably, with a defamation action arising from statements made in an earlier proceeding.
Subject to paragraph 2 of this article, in any event
where an arbitrator has to be replaced during the course of the
arbitral proceedings, a substitute arbitrator shall be appointed or chosen pursuant to the procedure provided for in articles 8 to 11 that was applicable to the appointment or choice of the arbitrator being replaced.
Leggatt J made it clear that
where institutional rules provide parties with quick relief through the
arbitral process, they also have the effect of limiting the English courts» ability to use their powers to support the
arbitral proceedings.
If an arbitrator is replaced, the
proceedings shall resume at the stage
where the arbitrator who was replaced ceased to perform his or her functions, unless the
arbitral tribunal decides otherwise.
Where a party is seeking to resist being joined to
arbitral proceedings or to have numerous existing arbitrations consolidated, it is important to remember the following:
Where a company subject to investigation is also involved in ongoing civil
proceedings (before the courts or an
arbitral tribunal) that relate to the conduct under investigation, the parties may seek to stay those
proceedings pending the outcome of the investigation.
First, an application can be made
where all parties to the
arbitral proceedings agree in writing.
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Where the
arbitral tribunal does not have the power to do so, or can not be constituted in good time, the English court can still grant an ASI in relation to competing foreign court
proceedings outside the EU and EFTA.
The section on conduct and procedure of an arbitration
where the seat is in Nigeria includes matters such as: the appointment and challenge of arbitrators; jurisdiction of the
arbitral tribunal; interim measures; procedure and evidence; default powers of the tribunal; and multiparty
proceedings.