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Superior Tribunal de Justiça, Special Court, 17 May 2006 , SEC no. 866 - EX

(Oleaginosa Moreno Hermanos Sociedad Anónima Comercial Industrial Financeira Inmobiliaria y Agropecuaria v. Moinho Paulista Ltda)

17 - 05 - 2006

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Yearbook Yearbook Commercial Arbitration, A.J. van den Berg (ed.), Vol. XXXIII (2008)
Jurisdiction Brazil
Summary

See also Superior Tribunal de Justiça, Special Court, 3 March 2007, SEC no. 866 - EX (Oleaginosa Moreno Hermanos Sociedad Anónima Comercial Industrial Financeira Inmobiliaria y Agropecuaria v. Moinho Paulista Ltda)

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112

The court discusses whether the Convention may be applied retroactively and, if so, as of when: e.g., with the conclusion of the arbitration agreement, the commencement of arbitration, the rendition of the award.

Retroactivity
303

The court discusses the conditions under which a party may be estopped from raising a ground for refusal of enforcement under the Convention or has waived the right to raise it.

Estoppel/waiver
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
504 Paragraph 1 - Ground a: Invalidity of the arbitration agreement - Agreement referred to in Art. II
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