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Supreme Court of the Republic of Belarus, 12 April 2021, Case № 156ЭИх/211
(R JSC v. G.G. and T, G.V. LLC)

 

12 - 04 - 2021

BELARUS 6

Yearbook Yearbook Commercial Arbitration, S. W. Schill (ed.), Vol. XLVI (2021)
Jurisdiction Belarus
Summary

The Supreme Court denied the appeal against a decision granting enforcement of a Latvian award. The lower court, it found, did not incorrectly extend the three-year time limit provided under Belarusian law for seeking enforcement of a foreign award.

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
306

The court discusses the applicable period of limitation for seeking enforcement of an award.

Period of limitation for enforcement
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