It is a peculiarity that certain countries in the Middle East, despite having signed the New York Convention, may be more favourable to
enforcement of arbitral awards if that award is rendered in a fellow Islamic country.
Not exact matches
Article 2
of the 1927 Geneva Convention states in relevant part: «
If the award has not covered all the questions submitted to the arbitral tribunal, the competent authority of the country where recognition or enforcement of the award is sought can, if it think fit, postpone such recognition or enforcement or grant it subject to such guarantee as that authority may decide»
If the
award has not covered all the questions submitted to the
arbitral tribunal, the competent authority
of the country where recognition or
enforcement of the
award is sought can,
if it think fit, postpone such recognition or enforcement or grant it subject to such guarantee as that authority may decide»
if it think fit, postpone such recognition or
enforcement or grant it subject to such guarantee as that authority may decide».
Another concern raised at the time
of drafting the provision that allows for partial recognition and
enforcement was that «an
arbitral award constitutes an organic whole, the spirit
of which may be violated
if it is split up into component parts.»
While
enforcement, a foreign
arbitral award shall, on the application being made to the appropriate court by any party, be enforced by execution by the court under the Code
of Civil Procedure 1908, in the same manner as
if it were a decree
of the domestic Court.
The court would not be bound to recognise the judgment in the presence
of an enforceable New York Convention
arbitral award, but
if such an
award does not exist (which is likely in such circumstances) it is, on the wording
of the Regulation, arguably bound by the recognition and
enforcement articles
of the Brussels I (recast), even though this may offend the court's pro-arbitration stance.
In Ontario,
if the International Commercial Arbitration Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. I. 9 applies, then it provides that the UNCITRAL Model Law (and the New York Convention on the Recognition and
Enforcement of Foreign
Arbitral Awards as is contained in the UNCITRAL Model Law) is the law
of Ontario.
Ecuador, on a basis
of reciprocity, will apply the Convention to the recognition and
enforcement of arbitral awards made in the territory
of another Contracting State only
if such
awards have been made with respect to differences arising out
of legal relationships which are regarded as commercial under Ecuadorian law.
This applies only to circumstances where the parties reside in different provinces or
if the proposed decision to refuse
enforcement or set aside a domestic
arbitral award is made on the ground
of «violating the public interests».
Application for
enforcement of the
arbitral award should be submitted to a competent judge along with a copy
of the arbitration agreement, original
award and certified translation
of the
award if the
award is rendered in English, unless the parties agree on alternative means
of enforcement of the judgment.
The buyer fails to complete step 8 (AODR will generate an
arbitral award for the amount in the purchase order in favour
of the seller; the seller will obtain a court order or writ without notice
if enforcement is necessary).