Enforcing an arbitration award under the Arbitration Act 1996 can prove a bumpy ride, as Clare Arthurs & Margaret Tofalides explain
Not exact matches
Upon either party's request, the arbitrator will issue an order requiring that confidential information of either party disclosed during the
arbitration (whether in documents or orally) may not be used or disclosed except in connection with the
arbitration or a proceeding to
enforce the
arbitration award and that any permitted filing of confidential information must be done
under seal.
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
Nonetheless, the enactment of the
Arbitration Law will give foreign investors confidence that if they agree to refer disputes to international
arbitration outside Myanmar, an
award may be
enforced by the Myanmar courts
under the
Arbitration Law.
A non-domestic
award is further one where the
award is made in the
enforcing state
under the laws of another state or because the
arbitration contains a foreign element.
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.
Although the text finds that the EU proposal is not compatible with the ICSID Convention, it also argues that the proposal meets the definition of»
arbitration»
under the New York Convention, which means that the resulting
awards could probably be
enforced under that convention instead.
Marion Boyd's argument is reflected in Omar's comments: if one does not hold out the possibility of
enforcing a family arbitral
award made
under Islamic law, at least on some grounds (and she set out a number of conditions about procedural and substantive fairness), then those who go to
arbitration under that law anyway have no protection in civil law, and the arbitrator has no incentive to conform to our general notions of fairness.
However, the third paragraph of recital 12 complicates matters as it provides that where a member state court exercising jurisdiction
under the Brussels I (recast) or national law has determined that an
arbitration agreement is null and void, inoperative or incapable of being performed, the court's judgment on the substance of the matter can be recognised or
enforced in accordance with Brussels I (recast)(although this is expressed as without prejudice to the competence of member state courts to decide on recognition and enforcement of arbitral
awards in accorded with the New York Convention which «takes precedence over» Brussels I (recast)-RRB-.
After the appellants failed to appear at the German
arbitration and the Ontario application to
enforce the German arbitral
award, the appellants finally responded by bringing this appeal based on a technical argument
under Article 35 (2) of the International Commercial
Arbitration Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. I. 9, which required the party relying on the foreign arbitral
award to supply a certified copy of the original
award to the application judge.
(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.
This means that all three tiers of the Dubai Courts, having considered the applicability of the New York Convention, refused to recognise and
enforce two ICC Paris
arbitration awards on the ground that
under the UAE's procedural laws the Court had no jurisdiction.
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.
The IPR
Arbitration Bill amends the
Arbitration Ordinance to clarify that disputes involving IPRs can be resolved through
arbitration under Hong Kong law and that it is not contrary to the public policy of Hong Kong to
enforce arbitral
awards involving IPRs.
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.
Representing CIS clients in obtaining twelve overseas
arbitration awards, and then
enforcing those
awards under the New York Convention against bank accounts / assets in various countries, including the appointment of English liquidators and BVI Receivers.