BRAZIL 18
Yearbook
Yearbook Commercial Arbitration, A.J. van den Berg (ed.), Vol. XXXVII (2012)
Jurisdiction
Brazil
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Brazil 18. Superior Court of Justice of Brazil, 19 June 2006
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401
Conditions to be fulfilled by petitioner in general
The court discusses the general conditions the Convention imposes on a petitioner for seeking recognition and enforcement of an arbitral award – namely, the submission of the original arbitration agreement or arbitral award or a certified copy thereof – and examines in general whether these conditions were complied in the case at issue.
502
No re-examination of the merits of the arbitral award
The court discusses the principle that the merits of the award may not be reviewed and that the court may only carry out a limited review of the award to ascertain grounds for refusal.
522
Lack of reasons in award
Public policy: The court discusses the consequences of the lack of reasons in the award on its recognition and enforcement.