LITHUANIA 9 December 2021 Alita

Lietuvos Apeliacinis Teismas, 9 December 2021, Case No. 2T-1-881/2021

(Imoniu grupe Alita v. The Agency for Dispute Resolution in Privatization of Serbia)

09 - 12 - 2021

LITHUANIA 9 December 2021 Alita

Jurisdiction Lithuania
Summary

The Serbian Agency sought recognition and enforcement of a Serbian award, while Alita sought its annulment in Serbia, claiming that the arbitral tribunal had had no jurisdiction because Alita had been wrongfully included as a respondent in the arbitration. A first instance court partially annulled the award; the Agency appealed. While the appeal in the annulment action was pending in Serbia, the Lithuanian Court of Appeal stayed the enforcement proceedings, stating that, if the annulment decision were upheld, the subject matter of the enforcement case would disappear, in accordance with Article V(1)(e) of the New York Convention. The present decision denied exequatur, following the decision of the Supreme Court of Serbia to uphold the annulment decision.

Related topics
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Award not binding, suspended or set aside: The court discusses the difference between the exclusive jurisdiction to set aside an award (primary jurisdiction), which belongs to the courts of the country of origin of the award, and the jurisdiction of all other courts to recognize and enforce the award (secondary jurisdiction); issues relating to the determination of the “competent authority”; and whether an award that has been set aside in the country of origin can be enforced in another State under the Convention.

"Set aside"
LITHUANIA 9 December 2021 Alita