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Hoge Raad, 24 December 2021 
(Republic of Kazakhstan v. Respondent 1, Respondent 2, ASCOM Group S.A., Terra Raf Trans Traiding Ltd.)
 

24 - 12 - 2021

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Jurisdiction Netherlands
Summary


Deciding in the long-running Stati v. Kazakhstan case, which has been discussed in several jurisdictions, the Dutch Supreme Court found that the Amsterdam Court of Appeal erred in holding that it had jurisdiction over the application for exequatur of the SCC award between the parties. According to the transitional provisions of the 2015 Dutch arbitration law reform, the old law continues to apply to arbitrations commenced before the new law came into force on 1 January 2015, independent of the place of arbitration. This was the case here, and the competent judge was the President (voorzieningenrechter) of the Amsterdam Court of First Instance.

Related topics
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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
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