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21 - 04 - 1997

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Yearbook Yearbook Commercial Arbitration, A.J. van den Berg (ed.), Vol. XXIII (1998)
Jurisdiction Russian Federation
Summary

Russian Federation 8. Moscow District Court, Civil Department, 21 April 1997

Related topics
212

The court discusses issues specific to an arbitration agreement concluded through an agent or broker, e.g., whether the authorization to conclude it must also be in writing.

Agent/broker, etc.
226

Multi-party disputes: The court discusses under which conditions non-signatories are covered by an arbitration agreement entered into by another party.

Third parties (see also Art. I sub F "problems concerning the identity of the respondent", ¶106)
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
507

Invalidity of the arbitration agreement: The court discusses other cases of invalidity of the arbitration agreement, including that there was no agreement at all or that the party was not a signatory thereto, that the incorrect arbitral institution was chosen, etc.

Miscellaneous cases regarding the arbitration agreement
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