Topic List of Court Decisions on the New York Convention Cases
This list is a consolidation of the annual Indexes, prepared by d.ssa Silvia Borelli, for the court decisions reported in each Yearbook as indexed per subject matter ("Topic") appearing in the Commentary.
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¶001 » Interpretation of the Convention¶101 » Award made in the territory of another (Contracting) State (paragraphs 1 and 3 – first or "reciprocity" reservation)
¶102 » Arbitral award not considered as domestic (paragraph 1)
¶103 » Nationality of the parties no criterion
¶104 » Convention’s applicability in other cases
¶105 » “Persons, whether physical or legal” (paragraph 1) (including sovereign immunity)
¶106 » Problems concerning the identity of a party
¶107 » Second reservation (“commercial reservation”) (paragraph 3)
¶108 » Arbitral award: arbitrato irrituale (italy) and other procedures akin to arbitration
¶109 » Arbitral award: “a-national” award
¶110 » Arbitral award: types
¶111 » Permanent arbitral bodies (paragraph 2)
¶112 » Retroactivity
¶113 » Implementing legislation
¶114 » Iran-US Claims Tribunal
¶201 » Scope of arbitration agreement
¶202 » Contents of arbitration agreement
¶203 » Uniform rule
¶203-204 » Formal validity, uniform law and municipal law
¶204 » Formal validity and municipal law
¶205 » Signatures
¶206 » Exchange of letters or telegrams
¶207 » Means of communication for achieving the exchange in writing
¶208 » Sales or purchase confirmation
¶209 » Incorporation by reference and standard conditions
¶210 » Articles 1341 and 1342 Italian Civil Code
¶211 » Bill of lading and charter party
¶212 » Agent/broker, etc.
¶213 » Amendment or renewal
¶214 » Agreement providing for arbitration in another state
¶214-216 » Field of application
¶215 » Agreement providing for arbitration within forum’s state
¶216 » No place of arbitration designated
¶216A » Analogous applicability of Art. VII(1)
¶217 » Referral to arbitration in general
¶218 » Referral is mandatory
¶219 » There must be a dispute
¶220 » “Null and void”, etc.
¶221 » Law applicable to “null and void”, etc. (for formal validity and applicable law, see Art. II, 204 above)
¶222 » Arbitrator’s competence and separability of the arbitration clause
| (): | France 52; |
| Volume V (1980): | US 26 (sub 2); |
| Volume VII (1982): | UK 8 (sub 1-2); |
| Volume VIII (1983): | Japan 2 (sub 6); UK 10 (sub 3-8); US 40 (sub 4); |
| Volume X (1985): | India 10 (sub 31-38); US 55 (sub 6); |
| Volume XI (1986): | Italy 86 (sub 1-2); |
| Volume XII (1987): | Bermuda 1 (sub 2-4); Switzerland 11 (sub 2 and 6); |
| Volume XIII (1988): | UK 22 (sub 5-10); |
| Volume XIV (1989): | Greece 12 (sub 4); UK 25 (sub 2-7); |
| Volume XV (1990): | Bermuda 3 (sub 20 and 28-106); Netherlands Antilles 1 (sub 2); US 98 (sub 10-13); |
| Volume XVI (1991): | Italy 105 (sub 2); |
| Volume XVII (1992): | US 114 (sub 26-27); |
| Volume XVIII (1993): | Canada 4 (sub 2-11); Italy 121 (sub 10-11); US 134 (sub 32-36); |
| Volume XIX (1994): | UK 35 (sub 10-11); US 147 (sub 12); |
| Volume XX (1995): | Australia 11 (sub 10-11); UK 39 (sub 1-25, 32-44 and 46-62); US 160 (sub 6); |
| Volume XXI (1996): | Italy 138 (sub 7-8); Switzerland 27 (sub 2-7); US 193 (sub 10-14); US 203 (sub 1-4 and 12-15); |
| Volume XXII (1997): | Australia 12 (sub 16-18); Belgium 10 (sub 15); France 25 (sub 5-10); Netherlands Antilles 2 (sub 1); Switzerland 29 (sub 5); US 224 (sub 5); |
| Volume XXIII (1998): | Switzerland 30 (sub 7-11); UK 51 (sub 9-71); US 243 (sub 12-14); US 248 (sub 3); US 249 (sub 5-7); |
| Volume XXIV (1999): | US 280 (sub 11); |
| Volume XXV (2000): | Russian Federation 11 (sub 8); US 329 (sub 3); US 332 (sub 5-7); |
| Volume XXVI (2001): | India 33 (sub 6); UK 57 (sub 40 and 53); US 340; US 342 (sub 4-5); US 344 (sub 13-42); US 354 (sub 1-18); |
| Volume XXVII (2002): | US 375; |
| Volume XXVIII (2003): | UK 61 (sub 20-22); UK 63 (sub 3); US 410 (sub 1-7); US 417 (sub 4-10); US 421 (sub 2-6); US 431 (sub 3-5); |
| Volume XXIX (2004): | France 34; US 462; |
| Volume XXX (2005): | Australia 24 (sub 53 and 71); Austria 12 (sub 2); Germany 75 (sub 11-12); US 493 (sub 3-4); US 505 (sub 3-8); |
| Volume XXXI (2006): | Australia 28 (sub 40-48); UK 74; US 550 (sub 15-16 and 23-24); US 569; |
| Volume XXXII (2007): | Australia 30 (sub 63-75); France 39; France 40; Mexico 4; UK 77 (sub 11-18, 21-22, 40-42, 50-57 and 74-77); US 599 (sub 7-9); |
| Volume XXXIII (2008): | France 43; Italy 175 (sub 3); Philippines 3; Philippines 4; US 629 (sub 1-7); US 631 (sub 1-2); Venezuela 2 (sub 10 and 12-13); |
| Volume XXXIV (2009): | Canada 27 (sub 64-70); Netherlands 33 (sub 4-5); |
| Volume XXXV (2010): | Australia 34 (sub 66); Austria 21 (sub 12) ; Canada 30; India 45 (sub 1-3); Israel 5 (sub 12-28 and 34-36); UK 88; UK 90 (sub 1-2); |
| Volume XXXVI (2011): | US 737; US 743 (sub 14-18); Venezuela 4; |
¶223 » Arbitrability (see also Art. V(2) sub ground a. “arbitrability”, 519 below)
¶224 » Declaratory judgment on validity arbitration agreement
¶225 » Related arbitrations (consolidation, etc.)
¶226 » Third parties (see also Art. I sub “problems concerning the identity of the respondent”, 106 above)
¶227 » Concurrent court proceedings (“indivisibility”)
¶228 » Pre-award attachment and other provisional measures
¶229 » Measures in aid of arbitration
¶301 » Procedure for enforcement in general
¶302 » Discovery of evidence
¶303 » Estoppel/waiver
¶304 » Set-off/counterclaim
¶305 » Entry of judgment clause
¶306 » Period of limitation for enforcement
¶307 » Interest on award
¶401 » Conditions to be fulfilled by petitioner in general
¶402 » Original or copy arbitral award
¶403 » Original or copy arbitration agreement
¶404 » Authentication and certification
¶405 » “At the time of application”
¶406 » Translation (paragraph 2)
¶500 » Grounds for refusal of enforcement in general
¶500A » Residual power to enforce notwithstanding existence of ground for refusal
¶501 » Grounds are exhaustive
¶502 » No re-examination of the merits of the arbitral award
¶503 » Burden of proof on respondent
¶504 » Paragraph 1 - Ground a: Invalidity of the arbitration agreement - Agreement referred to in Art. II
¶505 » Incapacity of party
¶506 » Law applicable to the arbitration agreement
¶507 » Miscellaneous cases regarding the arbitration agreement
¶508 » Ground b: Violation of due process in general
¶509 » “Proper notice”
¶510 » Time limits and notice periods
¶511 » “Otherwise unable to present his case”
¶512 » Ground c: Excess by arbitrator of his authority - Excess of authority
¶512A » Partial enforcement (ultra petita)
¶513 » Ground d: Irregularity in the composition of the arbitral tribunal or arbitral procedure
¶514 » Ground e: Award not binding, suspended or set aside - "Binding"
¶515 » Merger of award into judgment
¶516 » “Set aside”
¶517 » “Suspended”
¶518 » Paragraph 2 - Distinction domestic–international public policy
¶519 » Ground a: Arbitrability
¶520 » Ground b: Public policy - Default of party
¶521 » Lack of impartiality of arbitrator
¶522 » Lack of reasons in award
¶523 » Irregularities in the arbitral procedure (see also Art. V(1)(b))
¶524 » Other cases
¶601 » Adjournment of decision on enforcement
¶701 » More-favourable-right provision in general
¶702 » Domestic law on enforcement of foreign award
¶703 » Bilateral and multilateral treaties in general
¶703(A) » Multilateral treaties
¶704 » European Convention of 1961
¶704(A) » Panama convention of 1975
¶704(B) » Bilateral treaties
¶704(C) » Rome treaty of 1958 and ec judgments convention of 1968/1988
¶705 » Relationship with Geneva Treaties of 1923 and 1927
¶911 » Article XI: Federal State Clause
¶914 » General reciprocity clause