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.
To read an excerpt of the case, click the case number (e.g., US 412) and click the link to KluwerArbitration in the window that opens. The KluwerArbitration website will open in a new browser window.
¶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
¶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
| (): | Brazil 18; Brazil 19; Brazil 20; Brazil 21; Brazil 26; Germany 143; Germany 145; Korea 5; Malaysia 5; Russian Federation 34; Spain 72; Switzerland 45; Uae 3; US 760; US 762; US 774; |
| Volume I (1976): | France 1; Netherlands 2d; US 2; |
| Volume III (1978): | Italy 16 (sub 4); Italy 18 (sub 5); |
| Volume IV (1979): | Germany 16 (sub 3); Italy 21 (sub 11); Italy 22 (sub 8); Italy 25 (sub 1); Italy 27 (sub 1-2); Italy 29 (sub 7b); Italy 30; |
| Volume V (1980): | Italy 34 (sub 3); |
| Volume VI (1981): | Sweden 1 (sub III.1); |
| Volume VII (1982): | US 39 (sub 7-8); |
| Volume VIII (1983): | Italy 53 (sub 5-6); Italy 55 (sub 9); Spain 3 (sub 7); |
| Volume IX (1984): | India 9 (sub 3-5); Italy 59 (sub 8); |
| Volume X (1985): | Italy 78 (sub 3); Netherlands 10 (sub 3); |
| Volume XI (1986): | India 11 (sub 1-2); Italy 81 (sub 3); |
| Volume XIII (1988): | US 74 (sub 1-19); |
| Volume XIV (1989): | Greece 9 (sub 2); Italy 97 (sub 3); Romania 1 (sub 2); Spain 20; |
| Volume XV (1990): | Italy 104 (sub 7-8); Switzerland 18 (sub 11); |
| Volume XVI (1991): | Italy 105 (sub 4-6); |
| Volume XVII (1992): | Italy 114 (sub 4 and 6); US 115 (sub 13 and 34-40); |
| Volume XVIII (1993): | Hong Kong 2 (sub 13); Italy 119 (sub 9); Italy 123 (sub 9); |
| Volume XIX (1994): | Hong Kong 7 (sub 9); Italy 128 (sub 5); |
| Volume XX (1995): | India 22 (sub 7-13); Japan 5 (sub 1 and 4); Netherlands 17 (sub 3); |
| Volume XXI (1996): | Hong Kong 10 (sub 15); Italy 132 (sub 1); Korea 3 (sub 7-8); Luxembourg 1 (sub 19); Russian Federation 3 (sub 5); Spain 26 (sub 4); Spain 28 (sub 2); |
| Volume XXII (1997): | Belgium 10 (sub 20, 59 and 80); France 26 (sub 10-11); Italy 142 (sub 7 and 20-21); Italy 143 (sub 1-3); Italy 144 (sub 4); Netherlands 23 (sub 2 and 4); Singapore 1 (sub 22); Switzerland 28 (sub 20-21); US 222 (sub 1-7); US 229 (sub 17-21); US 235 (sub 21); |
| Volume XXIII (1998): | Russian Federation 5 (sub 6-8); Russian Federation 8 (sub 17); US 239 (sub 3); |
| Volume XXIV (1999): | Kenya 1; Luxembourg 2 (sub 16); Netherlands 25 (sub 2); US 271 (sub 19); US 280 (sub 8 and 13); |
| Volume XXV (2000): | Germany 49 (sub 8); US 294 (sub 2); US 298 (sub 6-8); |
| Volume XXVI (2001): | US 359 (sub 4-7); |
| Volume XXVIII (2003): | Norway 2 (sub 3); UK 64; US 408; US 415 (sub 9-10); |
| Volume XXIX (2004): | Germany 55 (sub 22-26); Germany 58 (sub 6-11); Germany 60 (sub 5); Germany 64 (sub 7); US 449; US 476 (sub 11-13); US 478; |
| Volume XXX (2005): | Austria 13 (sub 14); Canada 19 (sub 4); Germany 75 (sub 11-12); Germany 78 (sub 4); Germany 80 (sub 7); Germany 82 (sub 13); Germany 83 (sub 3); India 40 (sub 14); Spain 38 (sub 9); US 499 (sub 2); US 501 (sub 10-12); US 507 (sub 6-8); US 525 (sub 21); |
| Volume XXXI (2006): | Germany 88 (sub 17); Italy 168 (sub 11-13); Spain 45 (sub 17); Spain 46 (sub 14-17); UK 73 (sub 16); US 527 (sub 13); US 539 (sub 14-17 and 22); US 540 (sub 1); |
| Volume XXXII (2007): | France 38; Germany 99 (sub 9); Italy 171 (sub 11-14); Russian Federation 12; Spain 47 (sub 12); Spain 48 (sub 16-17); Spain 50 (sub 18); Spain 51 (sub 22); Spain 54 (sub 7); Spain 56 (sub 20-21, 24-27 and 30-31); Spain 59 (sub 11); |
| Volume XXXIII (2008): | Brazil 4 (sub 3-4); Brazil 6; Brazil 7; Brazil 8 (sub 1); France 44 (sub 6); Germany 111 (sub 6); Germany 112 (sub 14, 27 and 29); Germany 113 (sub 5-6); Greece 18 (sub 3); Hong Kong 20 (sub 18); Russian Federation 16 (sub 19-21); Russian Federation 20 (sub 7-8); US 622 (sub 11-13); US 633 (sub 7-17); US 645; |
| Volume XXXIV (2009): | Germany 117 (sub 8); Germany 122 (sub 6-7); Hong Kong 21 (sub 8-24, 37-64 and 74-85); Hong Kong 22 (sub 5 and 46-49); US 654 (sub 35-36); US 655 (sub 5); US 666 (sub 1); US 678 (sub 3-9 and 19-20); |
| Volume XXXV (2010): | Brazil 12 (sub 7-9); France 49 (sub 5); Germany 130 (sub 22); Germany 135 (sub 14); India 45 (sub 9-14 and 21-22); Italy 181 (sub 2-6); Russian Federation 25 (sub 9-10); Spain 65 (sub 38-43); |
| Volume XXXVI (2011): | Australia 36 (sub 12 and 97-105); Hong Kong 25 (sub 44-86); Russian Federation 32 (sub 18-21); Russian Federation 33 (sub 38); Uae 1; Ukraine 1 (sub 25); US 725 (sub 2); US 727 (sub 5-6); US 728 (sub 15-16); US 748 (sub 31-63); |
| Volume XXXVII (2012): | US 777; |
¶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