US 520

31 - 03 - 2005

US 520

Yearbook Yearbook Commercial Arbitration, A.J. van den Berg (ed.), Vol. XXX (2005)
Jurisdiction United States
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US 520. United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 31 March 2005

Related topics
301

The court discusses the principle that the procedure for the enforcement of awards under the Convention is governed by the lex fori, as well as procedural issues (such as the competent enforcement court) not falling under the specific cases of ¶¶ 302-307.

Procedure for enforcement in general
501

The court discusses questions relating to the general approach taken by the Convention to the grounds for refusal of recognition and enforcement, including its pro-enforcement bias, as well as the system of the Convention, under which recognition and enforcement may only be denied on seven listed grounds and the petitioner has only the obligations set out in Art. IV.

Grounds are exhaustive
503

The court discusses the burden of proof of the grounds for refusing enforcement under the Convention.

Burden of proof on respondent
513 Ground d: Irregularity in the composition of the arbitral tribunal or arbitral procedure
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