-- Instructed by Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP LLP (as junior to Joe Smouha QC) for a Cayman hedge fund in its efforts to
enforce an arbitration award for in excess of # 50 million against an Indian entity.
-- Instructed by Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP (as junior to Joe Smouha QC) for a Cayman hedge fund in its efforts to
enforce an arbitration award for in excess of # 50 million against an Indian entity.
Not exact matches
Conoco filed suit on Thursday in the U.S. District court in Manhattan seeking to
enforce the
award, saying the court had jurisdiction because the ICC
arbitration was held in New York and PDVSA had not responded to a demand
for payment.
In the event a party fails to proceed with
arbitration, unsuccessfully challenges the arbitrator's
award, or fails to comply with the arbitrator's
award, the other party is entitled to costs of suit, including a reasonable attorney's fee
for having to compel
arbitration or defend or
enforce the
award.
Consequently, where an arbitral tribunal has rendered an
award which decides matters beyond the scope of the
arbitration agreement, there is a ground
for refusing to
enforce an
award under article V (1)(c).799
For instance, in a 1968 case, a Swiss court refused to issue an enforcement order on the grounds that the arbitral tribunal had not complied with the agreement of the parties that «all disputes should be settled in one and the same arbitral proceedings» and instead conducted the
arbitration in two stages.904 In a 2001 case, the Italian Supreme Court
enforced a first
award but not a second
award made with respect to the same dispute.
Accordingly, the procedure
for enforcing or setting aside an international
arbitration award made in Myanmar is uncertain.
As one United States court observed, «[u] nder the New York Convention, we examine whether the
award exceeds the scope of the [
arbitration agreement], not whether the
award exceeds the scope of the parties» pleadings».803 This interpretation of article V (1)(c) which distinguishes the parties» pleadings or prayers
for relief from the «submission to
arbitration» referred to in article V (1)(c), is consistent with a narrow interpretation of the grounds
for refusal to recognize or
enforce an
award.
For instance, the Supreme Court of Spain
enforced an
award rendered by a sole arbitrator appointed by one of the parties, where the party opposing enforcement had refused to appoint a co - arbitrator.883 Similarly, a United States court
enforced an
award rendered by one of the party appointees as a sole arbitrator where the other party chose not to participate in the
arbitration.884
Represented the prevailing party in an ICC
arbitration in
enforcing in the U.S. District Court
for the District of Massachusetts a multi-million dollar arbitral
award under the New York Convention.
Claimants who embark upon litigation or
arbitration sometimes find that they need to unlock the value of their claim before the final hearing or before an
award has been
enforced, whether to alleviate cash - flow pressure elsewhere, or provide working capital
for the business during the life of the claim.
Shelbaya agrees that the Egyptian courts adopt a «liberal approach to
arbitration», putting in place «stringent criteria»
for the setting aside of an arbitral
award, as well as routinely recognising and
enforcing foreign
awards in Egypt.
He reached the conclusion from combined reading of sections 2 (c), 2 (k) and section 3 of the Act that the intention of the legislature was that the scope of the Act would be limited to within the territory of Bangladesh, except
for the scope to
enforce of an
award passed in a foreign
arbitration, pursuant to the section 3 (2) read with section 45, 46 and 47 of the said Act.
The Dubai International
Arbitration Centre has also confirmed that Dubai Decree No. 57
for 2009 (which established the Tribunal) does not affect disputes where the parties have agreed to have the dispute determined by
arbitration although any resulting
arbitration award has to be
enforced through the Tribunal.
The
Arbitration Act itself specifically provides that Courts are not to interfere in disputes covered by an
arbitration agreement other than
for the limited purposes of assisting in the conduct of
arbitrations, ensuring that they are conducted in accordance with
arbitration clauses, to prevent unequal or unfair treatment of parties to
arbitration clauses, and to
enforce arbitration awards.
Therefore, the homologation process in Ecuador implies that the party that seeks the enforcement of a foreign
award shall file a petition with the Provincial Court8, which will assess whether the
award complies with the following requirements: (i) The international
award complies with the formalities required
for it to be considered authentic in the state where it was issued; (ii) The
award is final and binding in the jurisdiction where it was delivered and the attachments are duly legalized; (iii) With regard to the requirement prescribed in the Convention, if the
award is in a language other than the official language of the country, in this case Spanish, it shall incorporate a translation; (iv) It is shown from the legal papers of the
arbitration proceedings that the party against whom the
awards is being
enforced was duly notified of the claim and that there was no due process violation; (v) The petition must specify the domicile of the party against whom the
award is being
enforced.
This decision has been the subject of considerable discussion among
arbitration practitioners: as was discussed several months ago on Slaw, the case raises a number of difficult questions about how international
arbitration and Canada's treaty obligations in that respect interact with local procedural law — specifically limitation of actions — when seeking to
enforce the
award, and more generally whether foreign judgments and arbitral
awards should continue to be treated,
for limitations purposes, as mere contract debts.
In a decision recently posted on the Swedish
Arbitration Portal, the Swedish Supreme Court held that an
arbitration award rendered by the International Centre
for Dispute Resolution in New York could be
enforced in Sweden, even though the respondent had not participated in the proceedings.
(3)
for international
arbitrations, having an
award issued within the DIFC, a jurisdiction within the UAE, will mean that parties can take advantage of the New York Convention in
enforcing the
award
(a) The Defendant (the «KRG») applied on 3 July 2017 to set aside the Order of this Court made ex parte on 29 May 2017 by which it recognised and, subject to its terms,
enforced two
arbitration awards made in London under the auspices of the LCIA and permitted alternative service of the order made and other documents on the KRG's London solicitors who had acted
for them in the
arbitration.
Kettani notes that aside from introducing these major reforms, the Moroccan government also schedules regular training and seminars
for judges to encourage them to support
arbitration proceedings and to
enforce awards accordingly.
In this case, the Court addressed questions of when federal courts can
enforce arbitration awards granted outside the U.S.. For a fuller discussion of where arbitral awards can be enforced, see the discussion of «Enforcement and Recognition of Arbitral Awards» in our e-book, International Practice: Topics and T
awards granted outside the U.S..
For a fuller discussion of where arbitral
awards can be enforced, see the discussion of «Enforcement and Recognition of Arbitral Awards» in our e-book, International Practice: Topics and T
awards can be
enforced, see the discussion of «Enforcement and Recognition of Arbitral
Awards» in our e-book, International Practice: Topics and T
Awards» in our e-book, International Practice: Topics and Trends.
The Act lists a variety of proceedings in respect of which there is no limitation period (section 16): proceedings
for declarations; proceedings to
enforce court orders and other orders that are enforceable in the same way as court orders; proceedings under the Family Law Act relating to support; proceedings to
enforce arbitration awards; proceedings by persons in possession of collateral to redeem or realize on it; proceedings arising from sexual assault in certain circumstances; proceedings to recover fines, taxes and penalties owing to the Crown; proceedings relating to claims by the Crown (or by a delivery agent under social welfare legislation) in various circumstances; proceedings to recover money owing in respect of certain student loans,
awards and grants.
Acting
for a US - based investment fund
enforcing a London
arbitration award in Tanzania resulting in payment
In response to this, the ULCC previously added wording enumerating the specific purposes
for which a court could intervene: to assist the
arbitration process, to ensure the
arbitration is in accordance with the parties» agreement, to prevent unfair or unequal treatment or to
enforce awards.
When a specialized trial division, after review, has ruled to recognize and
enforce a Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Macau Special Administrative Region, Taiwan Region
arbitration award, recognize and
enforce a foreign arbitral
award, the enforcement shall be transferred to the enforcement departments
for enforcement.
Each level of people's court should establish a centralized administrative platform
for the judicial review of
arbitration awards, to strengthen the informatized management and data analysis of cases regarding applications to confirm the validity of an arbitation agreement, cases regarding applications to cancel or
enforce arbitration awards of our domestic
arbitration institutions, applications to recognize and
enforce Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Macau Special Administrative Region, Taiwan Region
arbitration awards, cases regarding applications to recognize and
enforce foreign arbitral
awards, and cases relating to the judicial review of
arbitration such as refusal to accept, reject the filing, or objection to jurisdiction and others relating to the confirmation of the validity of an
arbitration agreement; the effective guarantee of the correct application of law and of a unified yardstick
for judicial decision - making.
The
Arbitration Law is also expected to modernise the UAE's
arbitration regime and bring it more in line with international best practice; currently, there are just 16 provisions governing
arbitration in the UAE, set out in Articles 203 to 218 of the CPL.. These are broadly drafted and a key concern
for arbitrating parties has been the wide scope
for challenges permitted (or at least not expressly prohibited) under the CPL; it is not uncommon
for parties to face several months (if not years) of litigation in order to
enforce arbitral
awards in the UAE.
For those not familiar with the intricacies of China's judicial review of arbitration issues, a 1995 SPC circular sets out a prior approval procedure, requiring local court rulings to refuse to enforce foreign - related /» greater China» / foreign arbitration awards to be submitted for eventual review by the SPC.. It is currently an internal administrative type procedure, with no explicit option of a heari
For those not familiar with the intricacies of China's judicial review of
arbitration issues, a 1995 SPC circular sets out a prior approval procedure, requiring local court rulings to refuse to
enforce foreign - related /» greater China» / foreign
arbitration awards to be submitted
for eventual review by the SPC.. It is currently an internal administrative type procedure, with no explicit option of a heari
for eventual review by the SPC.. It is currently an internal administrative type procedure, with no explicit option of a hearing.
For domestic
arbitrations, section 52 (3) of the Ontario Arbitration Act, 1991 provides that an application to
enforce the
award must be made within two years of the date that the applicant receives the
award.
Another change requires associations, if they don't escrow funds because of the cost, to adopt their state's «aggressive and cost - effective» procedures
for enforcing arbitration awards.