It is literally a textbook or checklist for the interpretation of contracts and the review
of arbitration decisions.
We also expect the number of disputes submitted to arbitration to grow, given the increasing delay of decisions from the judicial courts against the relative promptness
of arbitration decisions.»
Suncor sought judicial review
of the arbitration decision.
The Divisional Court has dismissed a judicial review application
of an arbitration decision that held that pre-access drug and alcohol testing was contrary to the parties» collective agreement and the Ontario Human Rights Code.
Except to the extent that arbitration is required in Section 13.3 above, and except as to the enforcement
of any arbitration decision or award, any action or proceeding relating to any Dispute or Excluded Dispute may only be instituted in state or federal court in Austin, Texas.
Not exact matches
Mr. Greenberg was not punished for what the three - person
arbitration panel deemed was defamation because the statute
of limitations had expired, the panel said in its
decision.
In a news release Tuesday, the council said the
decision follows a vote on Monday by all bargaining committee members to recommend ratification
of a proposed mediation -
arbitration process.
A separate
arbitration case by Conoco against Venezuela before the World Bank's International Centre for Settlement
of Investment Disputes (ICSID) introduced in 2007 could result in a final
decision later this year, a lawyer close to the case said.
And the
decisions made in forced
arbitration proceedings are final — meaning in most cases they can't be appealed in a court
of law.
It is clear that this
decision should force the NFL to embrace neutral
arbitration as part
of a necessary due process in all cases.
Peterson appealed that
decision through the league's
arbitration process, but Harold Henderson sided in favor
of the league.
Conciliation and
arbitration processes were included but further safeguards, presumably intended to protect the public purse, allowed a position where the Government
of the day, through the Home Secretary, could overule the
decisions of the arbiters.
In any event negotiation, conciliation and
arbitration considered affordability before coming to a
decision on a final position in respect
of any pay issues subject to consideration.
However a statement from Mr Woyome's office said the
decision as per ICC's article 6 (4) means that the case does not meet minimum requirement
of the ICC for
arbitration.
What the
decision actually means is that, Alfred Agbesi Woyome is not a signatory to / beneficiary
of the 2006 Waterville Contracts with the Government
of Ghana and can not therefore come before the ICC for
arbitration based on those Contracts.
In the new collective agreement, DFA secured an expedited
arbitration process
of 90 days when the president overturns the peer - review
decision of the university tenure committee.
Regardless
of the manner in which the
arbitration is conducted, the arbitrator shall issue a reasoned written
decision sufficient to explain the essential findings and conclusions on which the award is based.
(Recently, the New York City teachers union won an
arbitration decision mandating that «lesson plans are for the personal use
of the teacher» and that supervisors may not «mandate specific elements
of lesson plans.»)
One thing holding up King's
decision might be an
arbitration process that the city and United Federation
of Teachers have entered into to resolve a dispute about labor rules at the 24 proposed turnaround schools.
o Implemented a new educator evaluation system (2012 - 2014), inclusive
of student outcomes, to better differentiate individual feedback and performance, as well as streamline
arbitration decisions: http://www.state.nj.us/education/AchieveNJ/resources/201516EducatorEvaluationImplementationReport.pdf
A 2011 Pennsylvania Supreme Court
decision which forced the struggling city
of Scranton to adhere to a $ 21 million
arbitration ruling in favor
of employees is now also helping drain the city's deeply indebted pension system.
Any
decision rendered in such
arbitration proceedings will be final and binding on the parties, and judgment may be entered in a court
of competent jurisdiction.
On Wednesday the Caribbean Court
of Justice overturned the
decision of Belize's Court
of Appeal and ordered Government to pay Belize Bank a little over ninety million dollars, an
arbitration award that was granted to the Bank in 2013.
It can assert authority over the party being funded (or seeking funding) in connection with their conduct
of the
arbitration, but it has no authority over the funder (or prospective funder) unless it agrees to be bound by the
arbitration agreement and the Tribunal's
decisions.
Article 2 (c)
of the 1927 Geneva Convention states: «Even if the conditions laid down in Article 1 hereof are fulfilled, recognition and enforcement
of the award shall be refused if the Court is satisfied: -LSB-...](c) That the award does not deal with the differences contemplated by or falling within the terms
of the submission to
arbitration or that it contains
decisions on matters beyond the scope
of the submission to
arbitration.»
The United States Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal
of a North Carolina Supreme Court
decision that struck down a mandatory
arbitration provision signed by a patient, who later alleged medical malpractice against his physician.
Knowing that she was a sitting Judge and Justice helps clients to feel confident that her
arbitration decisions are objective and based on a solid legal understanding as well as principles
of equity and fairness.
The court considered that the challenge failed under its own terms as the challenging party did not suggest that the
decision was outside the scope
of the
arbitration agreement, but rather that it disagreed with the «basis and reasons for the
decision».
In keeping with the pro-enforcement bias
of the New York Convention, article V (1)(c) provides «that part
of the award which contains
decisions on matters submitted to
arbitration may be recognized and enforced», provided that matters properly within the scope
of the
arbitration agreement «can be separated from those not so submitted.»
For example, a German court
of appeal held that the parties had concluded a new
arbitration agreement by signing ICC Terms
of Reference.800 Similarly, a
decision by the English House
of Lords stated that «[i] n the present case one is dealing with an ICC
arbitration agreement.
Ultimately, the reappointment process itself, and the way it helps the system
of investor - State
arbitration to adapt to the evolving expectations
of the international community, can therefore be a source
of legitimacy in aligning the
decision - making
of arbitrators with the wider public and its values, including the rule
of law and democracy.
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».
The
decision ends more than eight years
of arbitration which began in July 2004, when the International Centre for Settlement
of Investment Disputes («ICSID») received a request from Vannessa Ventures for
arbitration against Venezuela under ICSID's Additional Facility Rules.
Court
of Appeal
Decision The Court
of Appeal, in a judgment written by Mr. Justice Tang, the Vice President, with Madam Justice Kwan and Mr. Justice Fok concurring, indicated that its approach is to concern itself with the «structural integrity
of the
arbitration proceedings».
First, the question
of the relationship between the
decision of the court in setting aside proceedings and its impact on the
arbitration commenced after the setting aside
of the award.
The drafters
of the New York Convention further built on the 1927 Geneva Convention by explicitly allowing for severability
of the part
of the award dealing with a difference not contemplated by or not falling within the terms
of the submission to
arbitration, or containing
decisions on matters beyond the scope
of the submission to
arbitration, in order to permit recognition and enforcement
of the part
of the award containing
decisions on matters submitted to
arbitration.
The Hong Kong Court
of Appeal has recently handed down a
decision in Pacific China Holdings Ltd v. Grand Pacific Holdings Ltd [1] overturning an order
of the Court
of First Instance to set aside an ICC
arbitration award made in Hong Kong.
Most notably, the landmark
decision AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion held that the Federal
Arbitration Act
of 1925 preempts other laws that restrict companies from requiring customers to rely on mandatory
arbitration.
Please join our panelists, litigation partners Antonio Perez - Marques, who argued the Albaniabeg vs. Enel appeal, and Frances Bivens, a leader
of Davis Polk's international
arbitration practice, for a discussion
of the unique issues involved in defending claims at the enforcement phase, and the impact
of the Enel
decision.
Rather, the Court
of Appeal confirmed that the
decision - making process used by the board
of arbitration was flawed.
In a unanimous
decision, the Alberta Court
of Appeal reversed an
arbitration board's
decision that struck down Suncor's random drug and alcohol testing policy.
The principal error in the
arbitration decision was the application
of a legal test that was too stringent and unreasonably narrowed the evidence
of a drug and alcohol problem at Suncor's workplace.
Summary: The appellant appealed a judgment by the Svea Court
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Representing the official Chinese - appointed administrator in several London - seated
arbitrations, involving complex questions
of law under the Cross Border Insolvency Regulation and impact
of Chinese court
decisions.
It finally was also the
decision of the judging organ (both in civil and in penal trials), as well as the
decision of the Arbiters (in
arbitration).
The Court
of Queen's Bench
of Alberta overturned the board's
decision in May
of 2016 and sent the matter back to
arbitration to be heard again.
Although parties bound to commercial contracts have a number
of options to resolve their disputes, only litigation and
arbitration can provide a binding and enforceable
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».
But the circuit court — noting that the standard for overturning an
arbitration award is that it was made «in manifest disregard
of the law» — concluded that the district court erred by substituting its own
decision on the merits for that
of the
arbitration panel.