BRAZIL 27

24 - 11 - 2011

BRAZIL 27

Yearbook Yearbook Commercial Arbitration, A.J. van den Berg (ed.), Vol. XXXVIII (2013)
Jurisdiction Brazil
Summary

Brazil 27. Supreme Court of Justice of Brazil, 24 November 2011

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404

The court discusses issues relating to the manner of authentication and certification of the award and/or arbitration agreement.

Authentication and certification
405

The court discusses issues relating to the moment when the documents that are required for seeking recognition and enforcement must be supplied, and whether any defect can be cured later in the enforcement proceeding.

"At the time of application"
502

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.

No re-examination of the merits of the arbitral award
513 Ground d: Irregularity in the composition of the arbitral tribunal or arbitral procedure
514 Ground e: Award not binding, suspended or set aside - "Binding"
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