ITALY 188

19 - 08 - 2015

ITALY 188

Yearbook Yearbook Commercial Arbitration, A.J. van den Berg (ed.), Vol. XLI (2016)
Jurisdiction Italy
Summary

Italy 188. Hotel Columbus srl v. Ordine Equestre del Santo Sepolcro di Gerusalemme, Supreme Court of Cassation of Italy, First Civil Law Chamber, Case No. 16901/15, 19 August 2015

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
500

The court discusses the overall scheme and/or pro-enforcement bias of the Convention.

Grounds for refusal of enforcement in general
519

Public policy: The court discusses cases in which the subject matter of the award was not arbitrable in the enforcement State on public policy grounds.

Ground a: Arbitrability
ITALY 188