UAE 1
Yearbook
Yearbook Commercial Arbitration, A.J. van den Berg (ed.), Vol. XXXVI (2011)
Jurisdiction
United Arab Emirates
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Full text decision UAE 1
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Excerpt decision UAE 1
Summary
United Arab Emirates 1. Court of First Instance, Fujairah, 27 April 2010
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401
Conditions to be fulfilled by petitioner in general
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.
500
Grounds for refusal of enforcement in general
The court discusses the overall scheme and/or pro-enforcement bias of the Convention.
502
No re-examination of the merits of the arbitral award
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.