«The Supreme Court is signaling to lower courts that when you're
reviewing arbitral decisions you shouldn't so readily interfere with them.
Courts must
review an arbitral tribunal's assumption of jurisdiction on a correctness standard.
As EU law is according to Eco-Swiss a public policy ground which requires national courts to
review arbitral awards for their compatibility with EU law, this means that any arbitral awards where the arbitration seat is in an EU Member State, or the recognition and enforcement of the award in an EU Member State is sought, can be successfully challenged in front of national EU courts.
The court will
review the arbitral tribunal's jurisdiction by way of complete rehearing, without deference to the arbitral tribunal's reasoning (Azov Shipping Co v Baltic Shipping Co (No 1)[1999] 1 Lloyd's Rep 550).
The initial response to my question of whether judicial interpretations are binding was that views differ among (Chinese) arbitrators, but that it is an issue arbitrators keep in mind because of the power of courts to
review arbitral awards.
Not exact matches
The term «
arbitral procedure» encompasses the period beginning with the filing of an action and ending when the award is rendered.891 The application of the law by a tribunal, on the other hand, goes to the actual merits of a dispute and therefore falls outside the scope of
review at the recognition and enforcement stage.892
See, in particular, Pieter Sanders, A Twenty Years»
Review of the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign
Arbitral Awards, 13 Int» l Law 269 (1979); Jan Paulsson, Towards Minimum Standards of Enforcement: Feasibility of a Model Law, in Improving yhe Efficiency of Arbitration Agreements and Awards: 40 Years of Application of the New York Convention 574 (A.J. van den Berg ed., 1998); Albert Jan van den Berg, Hypothetical Draft Convention on the International Enforcement of Arbitration Agreements and Awards, AJB Rev 06 (May 2008).
Para 51 — «the
arbitral tribunal... is itself to choose its seat and consequently the law applicable to the procedure governing judicial
review of the validity of the award...».
Leonardo de Campos Melo / Recognition of foreign
arbitral awards in Brazil / 24 (1) The American
Review of International Arbitration 113 (2013)- 2013
When
reviewing the good, the bad and the ugly of the
arbitral jurisdictions, Dubai emerged as a strong contender for the last two epithets.
Similarly, though noting that United States Federal Arbitration Act has established a general «presumption that an
arbitral body has acted within its powers», the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit clarified that it would «
review de novo a contention that the subject matter of the arbitration lies outside the scope of a contract.»
, in The
Review of International
Arbitral Awards, IAI Series on International Arbitration No. 6, 183 (2010).
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.
The travaux préparatoires show that various concerns were raised over the form and substance of this principle, including concerns that severability of
arbitral awards would in practice «open the door to a
review as to substance», 794 which the drafters of the New York Convention sought to prevent.
by Johan Munck and Helga Hullmann The Committee on the
Review of Swedish Arbitration has carried out a review to chart the scope and nature of challenges to arbitral awards before Swedish Courts of A
Review of Swedish Arbitration has carried out a
review to chart the scope and nature of challenges to arbitral awards before Swedish Courts of A
review to chart the scope and nature of challenges to
arbitral awards before Swedish Courts of Appeal.
The first part of the article deals with the mandatory requirements of
arbitral awards (reasons, scope of
arbitral jurisdiction, etc.), while the second describes the desirable limits of judicial
review.
The Court found no support in the legislative history of any intent to broaden judicial
review of
arbitral awards or to permit the Court to vacate an award on «any reasonable basis.»
However, even if such an explicit statement of public policy is made, the Court's
review of an
arbitral award, even on public policy grounds, will still be extremely limited.
The centre opened in October 2012 and this year won the Global Arbitration
Review award for up - and - coming regional
arbitral institution.
In this article, the author focuses on the judicial
review of «international»
arbitral awards.
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».
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.
The Court rejected the motion, explaining that an
arbitral tribunal has jurisdiction to
review legal relationships beyond the scope of the arbitration agreement, provided that those relationships are relevant as evidence for the
review of the legal relationship governed by the arbitration agreement.
During the course of his career, he has supervised thousands of arbitration cases and
reviewed an equal number of
arbitral awards in a wide range of jurisdictions, languages and applicable laws.
Today
arbitral decisions are often characterized as jurisprudence constante, even though contradictory decisionsoccur and calls for a
review mechanismare common.
Finally, para 4 of recital 12 states that the Regulation should not apply to any action or ancillary proceedings relating to (in particular) the establishment of an
arbitral tribunal, the powers of arbitrators, the conduct of an arbitration procedure or any other aspects of such a procedure, nor to any action or judgment concerning the annulment,
review, appeal, recognition or enforcement of an
arbitral award.
The Committee on the
Review of Swedish Arbitration has carried out a review to chart the scope and nature of challenges to arbitral awards before Swedish Courts of A
Review of Swedish Arbitration has carried out a
review to chart the scope and nature of challenges to arbitral awards before Swedish Courts of A
review to chart the scope and nature of challenges to
arbitral awards before Swedish Courts of Appeal.
Amendment / invalidity / annulment of an
arbitral award, whether whole or partial, following a
review of the merits has been carried out in ten cases, corresponding to almost six percent of all challenges.
Among other things, they extend the judicial reporting system in arbitration - related judicial
review procedures to
arbitral agreements without foreign elements and domestic
arbitral awards.
If the Intermediate People's Court intends to invalidate an
arbitral agreement, set aside an
arbitral award, or refuse enforcement in a domestic judicial
review case, it shall report to and obtain approval from the Higher People's Court.
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.
Wole has advised and managed many multi-million dollar
arbitral disputes including a coal mining contractor pricing
review arbitration worth in excess of US$ 350m.
Interestingly, the Advocate General ranged much more broadly in reaching the same conclusion, stating that these limitations on the
review of international
arbitral awards were «contrary to the principle of effectiveness of EU law», «(n) o system can accept infringements of its most fundamental rules making up its public policy, irrespective of whether or not those infringements are flagrant or obvious» and «one or more parties to agreements which might be regarded as anticompetitive can not put these agreements beyond the reach of
review under Articles 101 TFEU and 102 TFEU by resorting to arbitration» (AG Op § § 58, 67 and 72).
Book
Review of The Functions of
Arbitral Institutions, by Rémy Gerbay, ICC Dispute Resolution Bulletin (2017, Issue 1, p. 103)
The
Review of International
Arbitral Awards (Emmanuel Gaillard Ed.)
C.A.: appeal allowed; motion for judicial
review dismissed; interlocutory
arbitral decision dated March 24, 2011 restored.
Quebec Superior Court: motion for judicial
review granted; interlocutory
arbitral decision dated March 24, 2011 set aside.
The
review of documents, interviews of company witnesses, preparation of witness statements, and drafting of submissions all typically occur at or near where the client is located, not at the
arbitral seat.
Administrative Law in Québec:
Arbitral Jurisdiction; Standard of
Review; Standing Québec (Attorney General) v. Guérin, 2017 SCC 42 (36775)
Access to court would otherwise be restricted to the judicial
review of temporary determinations made by the family services agency and the appeal of
arbitral awards.
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.
In The Dominion of Canada General Insurance Company v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, 2018 ONCA 101, the Court held that the standard of
review applicable of SAB
arbitral decisions is reasonableness.
These two appeals were heard together because they give rise to the same main issues: the standard of
review applicable to insurance
arbitral decisions resolving priority disputes arising from the statutory accident benefits regime under the Insurance Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. I. 8, and statutory and contractual interpretation issues affecting the priority question.
When a specialized trial division, after
review, has ruled to recognize and enforce a Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Macau Special Administrative Region, Taiwan Region arbitration award, recognize and enforce a foreign
arbitral award, the enforcement shall be transferred to the enforcement departments for enforcement.
Each level of people's court should establish a centralized administrative platform for the judicial
review of arbitration awards, to strengthen the informatized management and data analysis of cases regarding applications to confirm the validity of an arbitation agreement, cases regarding applications to cancel or enforce arbitration awards of our domestic arbitration institutions, applications to recognize and enforce Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Macau Special Administrative Region, Taiwan Region arbitration awards, cases regarding applications to recognize and enforce foreign
arbitral awards, and cases relating to the judicial
review of arbitration such as refusal to accept, reject the filing, or objection to jurisdiction and others relating to the confirmation of the validity of an arbitration agreement; the effective guarantee of the correct application of law and of a unified yardstick for judicial decision - making.
As mentioned previously, some SPC proceedings, including capital punishment
review and
review of lower court rulings not to enforce foreign or foreign - related
arbitral awards, are not considered «court hearings.»
It emphasises that adjudication aims to offer contractors a swift and efficient route to payment (subject to possible
review later by a court or
arbitral tribunal).
Both courts agreed that no appropriate standard of judicial
review had been established for this
arbitral tribunal.
Litigation partners Martin Flumenbaum and Brad Karp's latest Second Circuit
Review column, «Enforcing Foreign
Arbitral Awards Against Alleged Alter - Egos,» was published March 29 in the New York Law Journal.
Therefore, the only remedy to overturn the decision of an
arbitral tribunal in Newfoundland and Labrador is an application for judicial
review.