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Appeal against order granting enforcement only permitted under limited grounds relating to arbitral award (French Supreme Court)
In a judgment dated 7 October 2015, the Cour de cassation (French Supreme Court) has rejected an appeal against an order granting exequatur (enforcement) …
French Supreme Court allows joint guarantors to challenge arbitral award
In a decision dated 5 May 2015 (Cass. Com. 5 mai 2015, 14-16.644, available at: https://www.courdecassation.fr/jurisprudence_2/chambre_commerciale_574/424…
English court adjourns enforcement of ECT award whilst annulment proceedings are pending in Sweden
The potential to enforce an award which is being challenged, or has been annulled, in the courts of the seat is a question which often interests users of …
Arbitrations seated in Germany: Due to the dynamics within arbitral tribunals, an award can be set aside even if only one of the arbitrators was successfully challenged in the German courts and the decision was made unanimously
In a recently published decision, the German Federal Supreme Court ("Bundesgerichtshof") ruled that an arbitral award can even be set aside if one of the …
Madrid court sets aside awards on grounds of public order after reviewing merits
Under the Spanish Arbitration Law,[1] an arbitral award is final and binding and can only be challenged on six specific grounds, including that the award …
Finality of partial awards: English court finds that applicant loses the right to object to jurisdiction by failing to challenge a partial award
In Emirates Trading Agency LLC v Sociedade de Fomento Industrial Private Limited [2015] EWHC 1452 (Comm), the English High Court (the Court) dismissed an …
Paris Court of Appeal orders the retraction of an award made where one arbitrator lacked independence: the ongoing Tapie saga
In a remarkable judgment of 17 February 2015, rendered further to a rarely-seen application for revision of an arbitral award (which in this case lead to …
Paris Court of Appeal enforces award under ICSID Additional Facility Rules between Gold Reserve and Venezuela
Abstract: In République Bolivarienne du Venezuela c/ Société Gold Reserve INC, Cour d'appel de Paris, Pôle 1 – Chambre 1, RG N° 14/21103, a judge sitting …
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