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
¶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
| (): | Brazil 18; Brazil 22; Colombia 7; Colombia 8; Greece 22; Korea 4; Netherlands 43; South Africa 5; |
| Volume I (1976): | Austria 1; Greece 3 (sub 1-2); Italy 9; Uae 2; |
| Volume IV (1979): | Germany 14 (sub 2); Germany 18 (sub 2); Italy 21 (sub 6); Mexico 1 (sub 2 and 4); Mexico 2 (sub 1 and 3); Switzerland 5 (sub 2); Switzerland 6 (sub 1); |
| Volume V (1980): | Germany 19 (sub 4-5); |
| Volume VII (1982): | Netherlands 6 (sub 1); Spain 1 (sub 4); US 39 (sub 1); |
| Volume VIII (1983): | Italy 51 (sub 2); Italy 52 (sub 1); Italy 54 (sub 1 and 5); Netherlands 8 (sub 1); Spain 3 (sub 2); |
| Volume IX (1984): | India 7; |
| Volume X (1985): | Austria 6 (sub 2 and 8); Italy 76 (sub 1); Japan 3 (sub 1); Netherlands 11 (sub 1); US 58 (sub 1); |
| Volume XI (1986): | Italy 82 (sub 1); Netherlands 12 (sub 5-6); |
| Volume XIII (1988): | Switzerland 16 (sub 8-9); |
| Volume XIV (1989): | Cayman Islands 1 (sub 2); Germany 32 (sub 3); Japan 4; Spain 16 (sub 1); Spain 19 (sub 1); |
| Volume XV (1990): | Bermuda 3 (sub 7-19(; Italy 103 (sub 1-2); Syria 1 (sub 1); US 94 (sub 3(6)); |
| Volume XVII (1992): | Italy 109 (sub 2); Korea 2 (sub 3); |
| Volume XVIII (1993): | Canada 3 (sub 2 and 8); |
| Volume XIX (1994): | Italy 130 (sub 2); |
| Volume XX (1995): | Colombia 2 (sub 8 and 13); Japan 5 (sub 3); |
| Volume XXI (1996): | Austria 9; Italy 136 (sub 2-4); Italy 137 (sub 2); Italy 140 (sub 4); Korea 3 (sub 1); Luxembourg 1 (sub 11); Netherlands 20 (sub 2); Russian Federation 3 (sub 3); US 195 (sub 3); US 206 (sub 4); |
| Volume XXII (1997): | Austria 11 (sub 1); Italy 144 (sub 7 and 10-11); Kuwait 1 (sub 5-6); Malaysia 1 (sub 3); US 223 (sub 1); US 230 (sub 3); |
| Volume XXIII (1998): | Russian Federation 5 (sub 2); Russian Federation 6 (sub 5-6); Russian Federation 7 (sub 3); |
| Volume XXIV (1999): | India 29; Italy 150 (sub 3); Kenya 1; Luxembourg 2 (sub 9); US 275; |
| Volume XXV (2000): | US 294 (sub 5); |
| Volume XXVI (2001): | Germany 52; Spain 32; Switzerland 33 (sub 4-8); US 355 (sub 5 and 7); |
| Volume XXVIII (2003): | Switzerland 34 (sub 20-21); |
| Volume XXIX (2004): | Germany 55 (sub 7); Germany 56 (sub 14); Germany 58 (sub 3); Germany 59 (sub 2); Germany 61 (sub 3-4); Germany 66 (sub 1); Germany 68 (sub 4); |
| Volume XXX (2005): | Canada 18 (sub 20-24); Germany 79; Germany 80 (sub 2); Spain 42 (sub 1-2); UK 68 (sub 5 and 18); |
| Volume XXXI (2006): | Australia 26 (sub 29-30); Germany 85 (sub 2-3); Germany 87; PR CHINA 4; Spain 43 (sub 1-2); Spain 45 (sub 1 and 23-28); US 539 (sub 7-12); US 557 (sub 3-4); |
| Volume XXXII (2007): | Germany 107 (sub 2); Germany 98 (sub 2); Spain 47 (sub 1 and 4); Spain 48 (sub 1 and 4); Spain 49 (sub 1); Spain 50 (sub 1, 5 and 7); Spain 51 (sub 1-3 and 5-10); Spain 52 (sub 1-4); Spain 53 (sub 4); Spain 54 (sub 1 and 5); Spain 56 (sub 1); Spain 58 (sub 1 and 3); Spain 59 (sub 1 and 3); Spain 60 (sub 1 and 3); Spain 61 (sub 1); |
| Volume XXXIII (2008): | Australia 33 (sub 7); Canada 23 (sub 1); Greece 17; US 632 (sub 1); |
| Volume XXXIV (2009): | Germany 120 (sub 3); Germany 124 (sub 3); Netherlands 32 (sub 2-5); |
| Volume XXXV (2010): | Germany 134 (sub 6); |
| Volume XXXVI (2011): | Albania 1; Albania 2; Australia 35 (sub 1-16, 148-166, 211-215 and 456-474); Brazil 13 (sub 1); Netherlands 35 (sub 6-8); Portugal 2 (sub 17); Uae 1; Ukraine 1 (sub 11); |
| Volume XXXVII (2012): | Australia 37; |
¶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