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Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Cataluña, Barcelona, Civil and Penal Chamber, First Section, 2 October 2025, Case No. 1216/2025, Decision No. 76/2025

(Beehive Limited Liability Company v. Ebrexim, ... Read more

Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Cataluña, Barcelona, Civil and Penal Chamber, First Section, 2 October 2025, Case No. 1216/2025, Decision No. 76/2025

(Beehive Limited Liability Company v. Ebrexim, S.L.)

 

02 - 10 - 2025

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Yearbook Yearbook Commercial Arbitration, S. W. Schill (ed.), Vol. LI (2026)
Jurisdiction Spain
Summary

The Superior Court granted recognition of an award rendered in Ukraine, finding that all the conditions for seeking recognition were met, and that there were no grounds for refusal under the New York Convention.  

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
401

The court discusses the general conditions the Convention imposes on a petitioner for seeking recognition and enforcement of an arbitral award – namely, the submission of the original arbitration agreement or arbitral award or a certified copy thereof – and examines in general whether these conditions were complied in the case at issue.

Conditions to be fulfilled by petitioner in general
500

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

Grounds for refusal of enforcement in general
518

Public policy: The court discusses the meaning of (international as compared to domestic) public policy, generally defined as the basic notions of morality and justice of the enforcement State.

Paragraph 2 - Distinction domestic-international public policy
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
520

Public policy:The court discusses the consequences of the default of a party in the arbitration on the recognition and enforcement of an arbitral award against it.

Ground b: Public policy - Default of party
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