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    Foreign Arbitral Awards, New York, 10 June 1958

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    on the Recognition and Enforcement of
    Foreign Arbitral Awards, New York, 10 June 1958

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    Foreign Arbitral Awards, New York, 10 June 1958

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Taiwan decisions

Taiwan decisions

A contribution from Kelly Yu-Ju Huang and Kevin Tun-I Hou (Chinese Arbitration Association(CAA), Taiwan) on three decisions from Taiwan. 

Review of important decisions

Review of important decisions

Over 40 court decisions applying the New York Convention were uploaded onto the site in the first
three months of 2022. Four decisions merit specific mention:

The Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirms District Court’s decision to vacate its earlier judgment enforcing an arbitral award that had been annulled by a court at the seat of the arbitration <span>(Thai-Lao Lignite v. Lao)</span>

The Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirms District Court’s decision to vacate its earlier judgment enforcing an arbitral award that had been annulled by a court at the seat of the arbitration (Thai-Lao Lignite v. Lao)

On 20 July 2014, the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the decision of the US District Court for the Southern District Court of New York to to vacate its earlier judgment enforcing an arbitral award that had been annulled by Malaysian courts (Thai-Lao Lignite (Thailand) Co. v. Government of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, No. 14-597, 2017 WL 3081817 (2d Cir. July 20, 2017)).

 

Cypriot Supreme Court vacates first instance decision on Article IV of the New York Convention, upholding the Convention's underlying objective and spirit

Cypriot Supreme Court vacates first instance decision on Article IV of the New York Convention, upholding the Convention's underlying objective and spirit

Cypriot Supreme Court vacates first instance decision which found that the conditions of Article IV of the New York Convention had not been met, upholding the underlying objective and spirit of the Convention (Intersputnik International Organization of Space Communications v Alrena Investments Limited (Civil Appeal 298/2013, April 4 2017)).

 

New York State Appellate Division affirms orders which prevent efforts of the award creditor to enforce a vacated award and to oppose the award debtor’s efforts to vacate an order of a French court to recognise the vacated award

New York State Appellate Division affirms orders which prevent efforts of the award creditor to enforce a vacated award and to oppose the award debtor’s efforts to vacate an order of a French court to recognise the vacated award

New York State Appellate Division affirms orders which prevent efforts of the award creditor to enforce a vacated award and to oppose the award debtor’s efforts to vacate an order of a French court to recognise the vacated award (Matter of Citigroup Global Makts., Inc. v. Fiorilla (New York State Appellate Division, First Department, Decision of 29 June 2017)).

US District Court for the District of Columbia: An arbitration award does not exist to be enforced if it has been lawfully ‘set aside’ by a competent authority in the foreign State in which the award was made

US District Court for the District of Columbia: An arbitration award does not exist to be enforced if it has been lawfully ‘set aside’ by a competent authority in the foreign State in which the award was made

On 9 June 2016, the US District Court for the District of Columbia denied a motion to confirm a foreign arbitral award which was set aside by the Common Court of Justice and Arbitration because the arbitral tribunal breached the Arbitration Rulels of the Common Court of Justice and Arbitration and solicited increased fees despite being ordered not to do so. The District Court did not find the annulment repugnant to U.S. public policy and declined to enforce the award (Getma International v. The Republic of Guinea, No. 1:14-1616(RBW) (D.D.C., 9 June 2016)). The District Court previously stayed the case, pending the outcome of respondent’s attempt to have the award annulled (case summary reported on this site on 8 December 2015 “Stay of enforcement granted pending foreign annulment proceedings - In the matter of the Arbitration of Certain Controversies Between Getma International and The Republic of Guinea, United States District Court, District of Columbia, 3 November 2015”).

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