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
¶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
| (): | Brazil 23; Brazil 24; India 48; Malaysia 5; Netherlands 40; Spain 72; US 757; US 774; |
| Volume I (1976): | France 1; Greece 2 (sub 4); Uae 2; |
| Volume IV (1979): | Italy 21 (sub 7); Italy 23 (sub 2); Italy 29 (sub 5); Mexico 1 (sub 4); Netherlands 4 (sub 2); |
| Volume VII (1982): | US 39 (sub 7-8); |
| Volume VIII (1983): | Italy 51 (sub 3 and 6); Italy 53 (sub 2); Spain 3 (sub 4); |
| Volume IX (1984): | Italy 59 (sub 2); Italy 60 (sub 4); Switzerland 7 (sub 3 and 11); |
| Volume X (1985): | Austria 6 (sub 9); Italy 72 (sub 4); Italy 76 (sub 1 and 3); Japan 3 (sub 1); Spain 5 (sub 2 and 8); US 58 (sub 2); |
| Volume XI (1986): | France 8 (sub 30); Greece 6 (sub 5-6); Italy 83; Italy 88 (sub 3); Spain 6 (sub 5-6 and 8); Spain 9 (sub 2); Switzerland 10 (sub 3); Switzerland 9 (sub 7); UK 20 (sub 5); |
| Volume XII (1987): | Italy 90 (sub 3 ); US 72 (sub 6); |
| Volume XIII (1988): | Spain 12 (sub 3); |
| Volume XIV (1989): | Australia 4 (sub 4); Cayman Islands 1 (sub 2); Germany 32 (sub 4 and 13); |
| Volume XV (1990): | Bermuda 3 (sub 7-18); Italy 103 (sub 1-2); Italy 104 (sub 5); US 88 (sub 3); US 94 (sub 3(9)); |
| Volume XVI (1991): | India 19 (sub 37); US 110 (sub 4-5); |
| Volume XVII (1992): | Germany 36 (sub 4); Italy 109; Italy 114 (sub 8); US 120 (sub 8); |
| Volume XVIII (1993): | Italy 119 (sub 8); Italy 122 (sub 14-16); Italy 123 (sub 3); US 125 (sub 6); US 138 (sub 11); US 142 (sub 1); |
| Volume XIX (1994): | Hong Kong 7 (sub 1); Italy 126 (sub 8-10); |
| Volume XX (1995): | Australia 11 (sub 41-45); Hong Kong 8 (sub 1); |
| Volume XXI (1996): | Austria 9 (sub 5); Italy 136 (sub 3 and 5); Luxembourg 1 (sub 9); Netherlands 19 (sub 6); Spain 26 (sub 3); US 196 (sub 4); |
| Volume XXII (1997): | Belgium 10 (sub 5 and 47); Italy 144 (sub 18); Kuwait 1 (sub 5); US 228 (sub 2); US 236 (sub 12-16); |
| Volume XXIII (1998): | US 267 (sub 2); |
| Volume XXIV (1999): | Italy 152 (sub 2 and 9); Luxembourg 2 (sub 7); UK 53 (sub 1); US 271 (sub 11); US 273 (sub 7); US 275; US 276 (sub 8); US 280 (sub 2); |
| Volume XXV (2000): | US 294 (sub 2); US 310 (sub 4); |
| Volume XXVI (2001): | Spain 30bis (sub 10); Spain 32 (sub 12 and 14); US 355 (sub 8); US 361 (sub 3); |
| Volume XXVII (2002): | Italy 158 (sub 7 + 12 + 20); Spain 34 (sub 4); US 366 (sub 14); US 391 (sub 7-8); |
| Volume XXVIII (2003): | Switzerland 34 (sub 20-21); US 420; |
| Volume XXIX (2004): | Germany 58 (sub 19); Germany 60 (sub 27); Germany 67 (sub 6); Hong Kong 18 (sub 2); Switzerland 37 (sub 20, 24-25, 34, 37, 49-50 and 54) Switzerland 38 ; Switzerland 38; US 449 (sub 2); |
| Volume XXX (2005): | Canada 16 (sub 1 and 22); Canada 19 (sub 3); Germany 75 (sub 8); Spain 40 (sub 3-5 and 19); US 507 (sub 9); US 520 (sub 3); US 522 (sub 1-2); |
| Volume XXXI (2006): | Germany 85 (sub 4); Israel 1; Spain 46 (sub 10-11); US 539 (sub 17); US 548 (sub 5-6); US 553 (sub 3); US 557 (sub 3-4); |
| Volume XXXII (2007): | Austria 15 (sub 11-15); Germany 98 (sub 6); Singapore 5 (sub 32-34); Spain 47 (sub 9); Spain 48 (sub 8, 12 and14); Spain 49 (sub 12 and 17); Spain 50 (sub 9-11, 14 and 16); Spain 51 (sub 13); Spain 52 (sub 13, 15 and 17); Spain 53 (sub 12); Spain 54 (sub 23); Spain 56 (sub 18); Spain 58 (sub 11 and 14); Spain 60 (sub 4 and 11-12); Spain 61 (sub 15-17); US 583 (sub 5); |
| Volume XXXIII (2008): | Austria 18 (sub 3 and 7-8); Brazil 8 (sub 1); Greece 17; Greece 18 (sub 2); Russian Federation 17; Russian Federation 18; UK 79; US 613 (sub 3 and 9-15); US 625 (sub 1); |
| Volume XXXIV (2009): | Canada 28 (sub 7); Germany 119 (sub 10); Israel 3 (sub 4); Italy 177 (sub 1); Switzerland 40 (sub 2); US 658 (sub 5-6); US 665 (sub 8); US 678 (sub 9); |
| Volume XXXV (2010): | Germany 125 (sub 8); Germany 127 (sub 8); Germany 134 (sub 6); Italy 181 (sub 10) ; Spain 65 (sub 34); US 682 (sub 7); US 697 (sub 1); |
| Volume XXXVI (2011): | Australia 35 (sub 1-16, 148-166, 211-215 and 456-474); Australia 36 (sub 13) ; Austria 23 (sub 9); Germany 136 (sub 7); Singapore 11 (sub 8-12); Ukraine 1 (sub 35); US 719 (sub 8); US 729; US 738; US 748 (sub 29-30); |
| Volume XXXVII (2012): | Australia 37; |
¶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