Another possibility is that the Sattva decision applies to the review
of arbitral decisions and these Ontario Court of Appeal decisions apply to the review of lower court decisions.
Stolt - Nielsen and this case thus fall on opposite sides of the line that § 10 (a)(4) draws to delimit judicial review
of arbitral decisions.
If an individual decision is wrong on a point of law, there is often no continuing damage done to the general legal principle because other arbitrators are unlikely to hear
of that arbitral decision and are not obliged to follow it even if they do.
Not exact matches
Article V (1)(c)
of the New York Convention allows the competent authorities in Contracting States to refuse recognition and enforcement
of an
arbitral award, or part
of that award, where the award contains
decisions on matters «beyond the scope
of the submission to arbitration».
Against this background, the ICC Commission's Task Force
of Decisions as to Costs has reviewed hundreds
of arbitral awards and has analysed in what manner
arbitral tribunals exercise their discretion.
In a highly anticipated
decision (Gazprom C - 536 / 13) the European Court
of Justice (the «ECJ») has clarified that anti-suit injunctions issued by
arbitral tribunals are...
The
arbitral award noted that this
decision was taken with the agreement
of the parties, and the party opposing enforcement had not reserved it rights at the time
of the
decision or following receipt
of letters confirming the
decision.
Summary: The appellant appealed to the Supreme Court a
decision of the Svea Court
of Appeal, which had rejected the appellant's application to declare an
arbitral award invalid on the basis that...
Summary: The appellant appealed a judgment by the Svea Court
of Appeal to uphold an
arbitral tribunal's finding that an arbitration clause applied to a dispute but to amend the tribunal's
decision...
The courts have delivered several
decisions over the last few years that establish that they have a better understanding
of the limited and supportive role they are expected to play in
arbitral proceedings, taking a stand back from the largely interventionist role they once played.
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».
The site can be searched by keyword with filters for such things as type
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[7] While excluding judicial
decisions and
arbitral awards will limit the number
of parties served by the instrument, the working group considered it best to avoid «overlap» with other conventions and minimize confusion among enforcement authorities over which instrument applies, although the final wording
of this provision remains to be determined.
Article 7 (2)
of the Judicial Authority Law provides for the enforcement outside the DIFC
of «judgments,
decisions and orders rendered by the [DIFC] Courts and the
Arbitral Awards ratified by the [DIFC] Courts».
The author concludes by identifying some important points that French courts should tackle in the future, that is, the admissibility
of challenges against
decisions rendered by
arbitral institutions, and their role in the proceedings concerning challenges against
arbitral awards.
Over the past few years, there have been a number
of notable developments in arbitration in the Middle East: institutional rules, legislative changes and significant
decisions of the courts, including in relation to enforcement
of arbitral awards.
For example, though not explicitly stated in this
decision, the high thresholds that must be met in order to refuse the recognition
of an
arbitral award in Ontario may represent the Court reinforcing their commitment to international comity in light
of globalization trends.
The scope was further refined such that «[s] ettlement agreements reached during judicial or
arbitral proceedings but not recorded in a judicial
decision or an
arbitral award should fall within the scope
of the instrument.»
In reaching this
decision, the High Court undertook a review
of past Singapore case law and legal commentary on the nature and purpose
of Article 34 (2)(a)(iii), ultimately deciding that «as a matter
of policy, to hold that Art 34 (2)(a)(iii) does not apply, where no other limb under Art 34 (2) would be engaged, would allow an
arbitral tribunal to immunize its awards against judicial scrutiny by delivering its conclusions on both jurisdiction and merits in a single award», which would have been an «unsatisfactory result».
However, the record
of Egyptian
decisions concerning the interpretation and application
of the New York Convention «shows an entrenched respect for the
arbitral process», says Shelbaya.
Arbitral tribunal
decisions are widely enforceable internationally (including in China and the United States) under a number
of conventions, including the New York Convention,
of which the UK is a direct contracting party.
The
decision establishes new limitations to gaining judicial review
of arbitration rulings, a move observers say serves to further reinforce the court's long - standing deference to
arbitral awards.
Furthermore, an emergency
decision ceases to be binding if an arbitration procedure is not commenced within 30 days, alternatively the case has not been referred to an arbitrator or
arbitral tribunal within 90 days, from the date
of the emergency
decision.
This sort
of approach, with its openness to reasoning by incorporation, makes it very tough to challenge
arbitral decisions under Newfoundland Nurses.
On the
decision, John told Lexpert that «the message that [the SCC] and various courts
of appeal have sent out over the past decade or more, that when parties decide to arbitrate disputes and the arbitrator makes a
decision, a great deal
of deference is to be given by the court to the
arbitral tribunal.»
In a
decision recently published on the Swedish Arbitration Portal, the Svea Court
of Appeal dismissed a party's challenge to the
arbitral award, finding that the tribunal had not exceeded its mandate and did not breach the principle
of equal treatment
of the parties.
Throughout his legal and judicial career, Rothstein has authored more than 100 judgments and
arbitral decisions on domestic and cross-border cases
of commercial significance and complexity.
The Supreme Court allowed the appeal by a majority
of three to two, reversing the High Court and Court
of Appeal
decisions which had set aside
arbitral orders in the appellant's favour.
Vivian Hood, Jaffe's Managing Director
of Client Services, spoke on a panel at the ARIAS - U.S. Spring Conference 2014 titled «How Does Social Media Change Hiring and
Arbitral Decisions?»
Arbitral decisions have been increasingly challenged over the last ten years; while most
of these failed to overturn initial rulings, the last five years have seen a few succeed.
In a
decision recently published on the Swedish Arbitration Portal, the Svea Court
of Appeal dismissed a party's challenge to the
arbitral award, finding that the party was precluded from challenging award on several ground, and had failed to establish that the tribunal had been partial.
Keep an eye on the dispute between ConocoPhillips and Venezuela over the illegal expropriation
of oil investments to watch how another sovereign state attempts to push back against
arbitral decision: Venezuela is currently trying to get the ruling overturned.
Unifor, Local 433 v. Crown Packaging Ltd. (Giesbrecht Grievance), [2014] B.C.C.A.A.A. No. 43 (Dorsey) is a recent
arbitral decision considering the admissibility
of surveillance evidence in British Columbia.
In a
decision recently published on the Swedish Arbitration Portal, the Svea Court
of Appeal dismissed a party's challenge to the
arbitral award, finding that the tribunal had not exceeded its mandate.
The SCC
decision in the Yugraneft case could be interesting as a policy signal in this regard and will hopefully serve as motivation for legislative action clarifying the procedural status
of all international
arbitral awards.
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.
However, the fact remains that this «equal treatment» is a result
of judicial interpretation
of the procedural status
of international
arbitral awards, not
of a clear legislative
decision in this sense.
During the arbitration procedure and until the
arbitral decision, neither entity shall act in a manner that may affect the rights
of the other Party under these HoA / Service Agreement.
The published materials include three
decisions from 2016 - 2017, in which Russian courts recognized SCC
arbitral awards as enforceable on the territory
of the Russian Federation.
Researchers at Harvard University and the University
of Arizona are conducting a study into how international arbitrators make
decisions and are therefore seeking input from the
arbitral community.
Decisions of judicial bodies may be regarded as carrying greater (political rather than legal) authority than that
of arbitral tribunals.
While we will be featuring posts over the coming days on this award that dissect and analyze the award, its international legal significance, and its larger geopolitical consequences for all claimants to the South China Sea dispute and third - party actors (such as the United States), for now, a close read
of all 479 pages
of this
arbitral award reveals it to be an extremely rich and fertile piece
of international jurisprudence, one that will certainly have far - ranging doctrinal impacts as an international judicial
decision that is also an authoritative subsidiary means for determination
of the international law rules under UNCLOS, especially on questions such as the: 1) normative weight
of «historic rights» and differentiating the same from «historic title» and «historic rights short
of sovereignty», and clarifying what could still possibly amount to historic rights that States could still validly assert within the UNCLOS treaty regime;
In a
decision recently published on the Swedish Arbitration Portal, the Supreme Court affirmed a
decision of the Svea Court
of Appeal, which had rejected an appellant's application to declare an
arbitral award invalid on the basis that it violated public policy.
The more than 1,400 court
decisions reported in the Yearbook: Commercial Arbitration show that enforcement
of an
arbitral award is granted in almost 90 per cent
of the cases.
When there is more than one arbitrator, any award or other
decision of the
arbitral tribunal shall be made by a majority
of the arbitrators.
BIAC shall perform the following main tasks (with the right to perform additional tasks as the case may be pursuant to a
decision of the Governing Board): (a) Receive requests for the appointment
of an
Arbitral Tribunal by the Governing Board (Art. 4 (1)
of the Rules).
The
arbitral tribunal shall in the final award or, if it deems appropriate, in any other award, determine any amount that a party may have to pay to another party as a result
of the
decision on allocation
of costs.
The Supreme Court's
decision is the latest in a series
of important appellate judgments arising out
of the long - running dispute concerning the enforcement
of a Nigerian
arbitral award between NNPC, the Nigerian state - owned oil company, and IPCO.
Reciprocal enforcement
of judgments in Abu Dhabi and ADGM free zone: a new Memorandum
of Understanding («MoU») sets out the framework for the reciprocal enforcement
of judgments,
decisions and orders and the
arbitral awards ratified or recognised by the onshore civil law courts in Abu Dhabi and the common law courts in Abu Dhabi's financial free zone, ADGM.
A
decision by the
arbitral tribunal that the contract or other legal instrument is null, void, or invalid shall not entail automatically the invalidity
of the arbitration clause.