This was the case in a challenge to enforcement brought under article V (1)(c) before the Supreme People's Court of China, which found that one of the respondents named in the award was
not a party to the arbitration agreement.
Courts can have jurisdiction over people who aren't parties to an arbitration agreement but who may be necessary to grant full relief or who have a stake in the outcome.
However, the working group found a consensus that «the risk of multiple proceedings or conflicting decisions should not outweigh the risk that parties wishing to avoid their commitment to arbitrate, or to delay or disrupt arbitral proceedings, might commence an action which includes claims that are both within and without the scope of the arbitration agreement or unnecessarily names persons who are
not parties to the arbitration agreement for tactical reasons.»
Legal rights of third parties
not a party to the arbitration proceedings will not be affected and there will be no requirement for disclosure to or recordal of arbitral awards involving IPRs with the respective Registries of the Hong Kong Intellectual Property Department.
Finally, Macintosh J. stayed proceedings against all the defendants who were
not parties to the arbitration agreement.
Not exact matches
On March 16, Uber countered that it should be
not party to the lawsuit and instead argued that it would request that Waymo seek binding
arbitration with Levandowski over the matter since those were conditions of his employment contract with Google at the time.
In the event the
parties can
not agree on an arbitrator within thirty (30) days of the initiating
party providing the other
party with written notice that it plans
to seek
arbitration, the
parties shall each select an arbitrator affiliated with JAMS, which arbitrators shall jointly select a third such arbitrator
to resolve the dispute.
The court (ICC) in determining the case struck out the Application made
to it for
arbitration because the court has established that the 2006 contract (signed between Waterville and the Government of Ghana) on which basis he (Woyome) is coming
to them does
not meet their «minimum requirement» because he (Woyome) * is
not a beneficiary,
not a signatory, and
not a
party to the 2006 contract signed between Waterville and the Government of Ghana....
For any matters which are
not subject
to arbitration as set forth in these Official Rules and / or in connection with the entering of any judgment on an
arbitration award in connection with these Official Rules and / or the Contest, the
parties irrevocably submit and consent
to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the state and federal courts located in or closest
to the County of New York in the State of New York.
If the
parties are
not able
to do so, the Dispute will be resolved only by binding
arbitration.
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.
This provision shall
not prevent either
party from filing a petition in court
to confirm an
arbitration award.
The failure of a
party to file an
arbitration claim within the applicable limitations period shall constitute a waiver by that
party of its right
to bring such a claim relating
to any Dispute in any form, and a complete bar
to any claim based on any Dispute, and the arbitrator shall
not have jurisdiction
to make a determination for a
party that has
not brought its Dispute for determination within the applicable limitations period.
You and Velocity Micro agree that any claim, dispute, or controversy, whether in contract, tort or otherwise, and whether pre-existing, present or future, and including statutory, common law, intentional tort and equitable claims («Dispute») against Velocity Micro, its employees, agents, successors, assigns or affiliates arising from, in connection with, or relating
to this Agreement, its interpretation, or the breach, termination, or validity thereof, the relationships which result from this Agreement (including,
to the full extent permitted by applicable law, relationships with third
parties who are
not signatories
to this Agreement), Velocity Micro's advertising or any related purchase SHALL BE RESOLVED, EXCLUSIVELY AND FINALLY, BY BINDING
ARBITRATION ADMINISTERED BY THE AMERICAN
ARBITRATION ASSOCIATION under its Code of Procedure then in effect.
To the extent permitted by law, we shall not be liable for any Losses by or with respect to the Account, except to the extent that such Losses are actual Losses proven with reasonable certainty, are not speculative, are proven to have been fairly within the contemplation of the parties as of the date hereof, and are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction or an arbitration panel in a final non-appealable judgment or order to have resulted solely from our gross negligence or willful misconduct and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, we will not be liable for any indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages or other losses (regardless of whether such damages or other losses were reasonably foreseeable
To the extent permitted by law, we shall
not be liable for any Losses by or with respect
to the Account, except to the extent that such Losses are actual Losses proven with reasonable certainty, are not speculative, are proven to have been fairly within the contemplation of the parties as of the date hereof, and are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction or an arbitration panel in a final non-appealable judgment or order to have resulted solely from our gross negligence or willful misconduct and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, we will not be liable for any indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages or other losses (regardless of whether such damages or other losses were reasonably foreseeable
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to the extent that such Losses are actual Losses proven with reasonable certainty, are not speculative, are proven to have been fairly within the contemplation of the parties as of the date hereof, and are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction or an arbitration panel in a final non-appealable judgment or order to have resulted solely from our gross negligence or willful misconduct and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, we will not be liable for any indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages or other losses (regardless of whether such damages or other losses were reasonably foreseeable
to the extent that such Losses are actual Losses proven with reasonable certainty, are
not speculative, are proven
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to have been fairly within the contemplation of the
parties as of the date hereof, and are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction or an
arbitration panel in a final non-appealable judgment or order
to have resulted solely from our gross negligence or willful misconduct and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, we will not be liable for any indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages or other losses (regardless of whether such damages or other losses were reasonably foreseeable
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not be liable for any indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages or other losses (regardless of whether such damages or other losses were reasonably foreseeable).
Claims subject
to this
arbitration provision may
not be joined or consolidated in
arbitration with any Claim of any other person or be arbitrated on a class basis, in a representative capacity on behalf of the general public or on behalf of any other person, unless otherwise agreed
to by the
parties in writing.
This
arbitration provision also does
not limit or constrain the Bank's right
to interplead funds in the event of claims
to Collateral Account funds by several
parties.
The
parties agree that any and all disputes, claims or controversies arising out of or relating
to the Agreement, its interpretation, performance, or breach, that are
not resolved by informal negotiation within 30 days (or any mutually agreed extension of time), shall be submitted
to final and binding
arbitration before a single arbitrator of the American
Arbitration Association («AAA») in Los Angeles, California, or its successor.
For any dispute that can
not be resolved informally, you agree that all disputes between you and Blue Buffalo (whether or
not such dispute involves a third
party) with regard
to your relationship with Blue Buffalo, including, without limitation, disputes related
to these Terms of Use, your use of the Services, and / or rights of privacy and / or publicity, will be resolved by binding, individual
arbitration under the American
Arbitration Association's rules for
arbitration of consumer - related disputes and you and Blue Buffalo hereby expressly waive trial by jury.
Binding
Arbitration: ANY CLAIM, DISPUTE, OR CONTROVERSY (WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE, WHETHER PREEXISTING, PRESENT OR FUTURE, AND INCLUDING STATUTORY, COMMON LAW, INTENTIONAL TORT AND EQUITABLE CLAIMS) BETWEEN CLIENT AND Mulcoy Travel, its respective agents, employees, principals, successors, assigns, or affiliates arising from or relating
to these terms and conditions, interpretation thereof, or the breach, termination or validity thereof, the relationships which result from the tour (including,
to the full extent permitted by applicable law, relationships with third
parties who are
not parties to these terms and conditions), Mulcoy Travel's advertising, or any related purchase SHALL BE RESOLVED EXCLUSIVELY AND FINALLY BY BINDING
ARBITRATION ADMINISTERED BY THE AMERICAN
ARBITRATION ASSOCIATION (AAA) under its Code of Procedure then in effect.
GOVERNING LAW: This agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Kenya, and any litigation necessary
to resolve disputes between the
parties shall be filled in the courts located in Kenya, where such a dispute can
not be solved through
arbitration.
So the case is
not completely analogous
to arbitration, in which the
parties clearly can agree
to confer jurisdiction over their dispute
to the Tribunal.
The court reasoned that the wording of the
arbitration agreement had
not made it clear that the
parties regarded the venue as critically important.898 The courts of the United States have similarly considered that the «appropriate standard of review would be
to set aside an award based on a procedural violation only if such violation caused substantial prejudice
to the complaining
party.»
It enables the courts of a Contracting State
to refuse recognition and enforcement where the constitution of the arbitral tribunal or the arbitral procedure was
not in accordance with the agreement of the
parties or, in the absence of an agreement, with the law of the country where the
arbitration took place.
Where the alleged irregularity resulted solely from a violation of the law of the place of the
arbitration, recognition and enforcement would
not be refused unless that law had been chosen by the
parties to govern their procedure.
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
Under the Convention, the choice of a place of
arbitration by the
parties is
not to be construed as an agreement
to adopt the procedural rules of that jurisdiction.
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.
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
One commentator has suggested that a failure
to comply with the
parties» agreement should
not constitute a ground for refusal under article V (1)(d), where such failure is justified by the obligation
to comply with the mandatory rules of the place of the
arbitration.871 Other authors have argued that it should be assumed that the
parties» intention was
to be bound by an agreement that is valid at the place of
arbitration, and that the reference
to «agreement of the
parties» must therefore be understood within the limits of the mandatory rules of the forum.872
An Italian court upheld a challenge where the
parties» agreement that the tribunal should constitute a specific number of arbitrators was
not followed, and noted that the composition of the tribunal would also have been invalid according
to the laws of the place of the
arbitration.886
Courts have also applied article V (1)(c) in the context of multiparty
arbitrations to exclude from enforcement portions of an award which address a
party not bound by the
arbitration agreement, but enforce the award with respect
to the remaining
parties.
Moreover, by confirming that the public policy objection can
not be interpreted broadly, the Supreme Court confirmed that when
parties agree
to arbitrate their disputes, they may expect that there will be limited grounds on which they may challenge the award and should be ready
to accept these consequences of agreeing
to arbitration.
The Court of Appeal of England and Wales considered a challenge
to enforcement under article V (1)(c) on the basis that the award addressed
parties who were
not bound by the
arbitration agreement.
Yet,
parties may
not immediately be cognisant that in entering into such an
arbitration agreement that adopts the said institutional rules, they may well be taken
to have waived their right
to appeal on questions of law insofar as domestic
arbitrations are concerned.
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
43.1 (1) At any time on or after the day that is 45 days after the Minister makes an appointment under subsection 43 (5), if the
parties have
not entered into a collective agreement, either
party may apply
to the Board
to direct the settlement of a first collective agreement by mediation -
arbitration.
- The effect of the mediation agreement is clarified in the new rules by providing in Article 2 that «Unless the
parties have agreed otherwise, an agreement
to mediate pursuant
to these Rules does
not constitute a bar
to court proceedings or a bar
to initiate
arbitration».
(9) If the
parties do
not jointly appoint a mediator - arbitrator within the seven - day period, either
party may apply
to the Board
to settle the first collective agreement by mediation -
arbitration.
Summary: The appellant alleged that a binding
arbitration agreement did
not exist between the
parties and that the case should therefore be remanded
to the district court for decision.
2014 has started with a bang from an
arbitration perspective with the decision in S v S [2014] EWHC 7 (Fam), [2014] All ER (D) 63 (Jan), involving the conversion of an
arbitration award
to a financial consent order and comments from Sir James Munby that «an arbitral award is surely of its nature even stronger than a simple agreement between the
parties» and «the judge will
not need
to play the detective unless something leaps off the page
to indicate that something has gone so seriously wrong in the arbitral process as fundamentally
to vitiate the arbitral award».
Is an
arbitration clause which does
not violate fundamental fairness rights a provision which is so unduly onerous that steps must be taken
to draw it
to the attention of other contracting
parties?
during the
arbitration proceedings, deliberately initiate or attempt
to initiate with any member of the tribunal or with any member of the LCIA Court any unilateral contact relating
to the
arbitration or the
parties» dispute, which has
not been disclosed in writing prior
to or shortly after the time of such contact
to all other
parties, all members of the tribunal and the registrar in accordance with the LCIA Rules 2014, Art 13.4.
In general, agreements signed by both
parties concerning
arbitration are valid under both the law of India and the law of Japan, and do
not have
to be notarized.
Importantly, negotiated settlements and
arbitration awards usually can
not be appealed if both
parties agreed
to the terms beforehand.
It argues that mass claims
arbitration as construed in Abaclat can
not satisfy fundamental
arbitration principles because it fails
to observe the inextricable link between the
parties» consent, representative procedure, and representative relief.
All they do is make sure that you follow the mediation process - if you get a result, great; if you don't then you will have
to move on
to a form of dispute resolution that has an umpire (like
arbitration or litigation) who can compel the
parties to a resolution.
After the proceedings concluded, the retired judge rendered an
arbitration award, which directed that the Association hire a contractor
to make certain repairs and advance the funds for the work subject
to reimbursement from numerous other affected lot owners who were
not parties to any of the prior proceedings.