The court decisions available on this website interpret and apply the New York Convention. These court decisions are published in the Yearbook Commercial Arbitration since its Volume I (1976).
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Dominican Republic No. 2019-3. Industrias Zanzíbar, S.A. v. Seguros Universal, S.A. et al., Suprema Corte de Justicia [Supreme Court of Justice], Civil and Commercial Chamber, Decision No. 1045, Case No. 2012-5569, 9 December 2015
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.
Dominican Republic 4. Industrias Zanzíbar, S.A. v. Seguros Universal, S.A. et al., Suprema Corte de Justicia [Supreme Court of Justice], Civil and Commercial Chamber, Decision No. 1045, Case No. 2012-5569, 9 December 2015
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.
Dominican Republic No. 2019-2. Industria Zanzíbar, S.A. v. Owens-Brockway Glass Container, Inc., Suprema Corte de Justicia [Supreme Court of Justice], Civil and Commercial Chamber, Decision No. 1272, Case No. 2011-3485, 13 November 2013
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.
Dominican Republic 3. Industria Zanzíbar, S.A. v. Owens-Brockway Glass Container, Inc., Suprema Corte de Justicia [Supreme Court of Justice], Civil and Commercial Chamber, Decision No. 1272, Case No. 2011-3485, 13 November 2013
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.
Dominican Republic No. 2019-1. OI Puerto Rico, STS, Inc. et al. v. Industrias Zanzíbar, S.A. et al., Suprema Corte de Justicia [Supreme Court of Justice], Civil and Commercial Chamber, Decision No. 1177, Case No. 2009-3041, 18 September 2013
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.
Dominican Republic 2. OI Puerto Rico, STS, Inc. et al. v. Industrias Zanzíbar, S.A. et al., Suprema Corte de Justicia [Supreme Court of Justice], Civil and Commercial Chamber, Decision No. 1177, Case No. 2009-3041, 18 September 2013
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.
Dominican Republic 1. Comercial Paraíso Tropical, SA et al. v Carlos Sánchez Hernández et al., Suprema Corte de Justicia, 30 January 2013
The court discusses which law – lex fori, lex contractus, law of the State where the award will be made – applies specifically to determining whether an agreement to arbitrate is “null and void etc.“, and, by extension, which law applies to determining the validity of arbitration agreements.
The court discusses whether a certain dispute could be settled by arbitration, and the law applicable to that determination.