Topic List of Court Decisions on the New York Convention Cases
This list is a consolidation of the annual Indexes, prepared by d.ssa Silvia Borelli, for the court decisions reported in each Yearbook as indexed per subject matter ("Topic") appearing in the Commentary.
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¶001 » Interpretation of the Convention¶101 » Award made in the territory of another (Contracting) State (paragraphs 1 and 3 – first or "reciprocity" reservation)
¶102 » Arbitral award not considered as domestic (paragraph 1)
¶103 » Nationality of the parties no criterion
¶104 » Convention’s applicability in other cases
¶105 » “Persons, whether physical or legal” (paragraph 1) (including sovereign immunity)
¶106 » Problems concerning the identity of a party
¶107 » Second reservation (“commercial reservation”) (paragraph 3)
¶108 » Arbitral award: arbitrato irrituale (italy) and other procedures akin to arbitration
¶109 » Arbitral award: “a-national” award
¶110 » Arbitral award: types
¶111 » Permanent arbitral bodies (paragraph 2)
¶112 » Retroactivity
¶113 » Implementing legislation
¶114 » Iran-US Claims Tribunal
¶201 » Scope of arbitration agreement
¶202 » Contents of arbitration agreement
¶203 » Uniform rule
¶203-204 » Formal validity, uniform law and municipal law
¶204 » Formal validity and municipal law
¶205 » Signatures
¶206 » Exchange of letters or telegrams
¶207 » Means of communication for achieving the exchange in writing
¶208 » Sales or purchase confirmation
¶209 » Incorporation by reference and standard conditions
| Volume II (1977): | France 2; Germany 12 (sub b); Italy 15; |
| Volume IV (1979): | Germany 16 (sub 2); Italy 21 (sub 4); Italy 33 (sub III); US 20; |
| Volume VIII (1983): | India 6 (sub 12); Italy 52 (sub 3); |
| Volume X (1985): | Austria 5 (sub 2); Germany 27 (sub 7); Italy 67 (sub 1); Italy 77 (sub 2-4); Netherlands 9; Spain 5 (sub 6); |
| Volume XI (1986): | Italy 83; Italy 87; Italy 88 (sub 2); Switzerland 8 (sub 8-12); US 64 (sub 3 and 5-6); |
| Volume XII (1987): | France 11 (sub 2 and 5); Italy 89; Italy 90 (sub 5); |
| Volume XIII (1988): | France 12 (sub 16-25); Spain 12 (sub 2); US 76 (sub 2-7); |
| Volume XIV (1989): | Greece 7; |
| Volume XV (1990): | France 14; Switzerland 18 (sub 3); US 102 (sub 6-11); |
| Volume XVI (1991): | Spain 22 (sub 1-2); Switzerland 19; |
| Volume XVII (1992): | France 17 (sub 6-7); Korea 2 (sub 4-5); Switzerland 20 (sub 4); US 119 (sub 5-6 and 16); |
| Volume XVIII (1993): | Switzerland 22 (sub 7-12); |
| Volume XIX (1994): | Netherlands 15 (sub 12-13); US 156 (sub 12-26); |
| Volume XX (1995): | France 22; Germany 42 (sub 3-9); US 165 (sub 3); US 168 (sub 23-24); |
| Volume XXI (1996): | Germany 44 (sub 2-3); Italy 132 (sub 6); Netherlands 18; Netherlands 20 (sub 3-10 and 17-18); Switzerland 26 (sub 5-7 and 9); Switzerland 27 (sub 10-14); US 206 (sub 1-3 and 6-7); |
| Volume XXII (1997): | Italy 142 (sub 4 and 10-11); Italy 145 (sub 2-3); US 215 (sub 6); |
| Volume XXIII (1998): | US 268 (sub 7-13); |
| Volume XXIV (1999): | Bermuda 4 (sub 21-26 and 33-41); US 270; |
| Volume XXV (2000): | Germany 50 (sub 1-2); US 311 (sub 4-5); |
| Volume XXVI (2001): | Spain 32 (sub 11); US 341 (sub 34); |
| Volume XXVII (2002): | India 37; Italy 159; Italy 160; Philippines 1 (sub 1-3); |
| Volume XXIX (2004): | Netherlands 28 (sub 15-17); US 448 (sub 6-7); US 450 (sub 7); US 457 (sub 14-21); US 467 (sub 16-20); US 475 (sub 3 and 7); |
| Volume XXX (2005): | Italy 166 (sub 4-6); UK 65 (sub 3-19); US 493 (sub 5-6); US 505 (sub 3-8); US 513 (sub 26-28); |
| Volume XXXI (2006): | US 532; US 537; US 547 (sub 28-38); US 576; |
| Volume XXXII (2007): | France 40; |
| Volume XXXIII (2008): | Greece 15; US 615 (sub 28-31); US 635 (sub 3-4); |
| Volume XXXIV (2009): | Greece 20; Italy 179 (sub 7-8); Turkey 3; |
| Volume XXXV (2010): | US 683 (sub 19-20, 45 and 106); |
¶210 » Articles 1341 and 1342 Italian Civil Code
¶211 » Bill of lading and charter party
¶212 » Agent/broker, etc.
¶213 » Amendment or renewal
¶214 » Agreement providing for arbitration in another state
¶214-216 » Field of application
¶215 » Agreement providing for arbitration within forum’s state
¶216 » No place of arbitration designated
¶216A » Analogous applicability of Art. VII(1)
¶217 » Referral to arbitration in general
¶218 » Referral is mandatory
¶219 » There must be a dispute
¶220 » “Null and void”, etc.
¶221 » Law applicable to “null and void”, etc. (for formal validity and applicable law, see Art. II, 204 above)
¶222 » Arbitrator’s competence and separability of the arbitration clause
¶223 » Arbitrability (see also Art. V(2) sub ground a. “arbitrability”, 519 below)
¶224 » Declaratory judgment on validity arbitration agreement
¶225 » Related arbitrations (consolidation, etc.)
¶226 » Third parties (see also Art. I sub “problems concerning the identity of the respondent”, 106 above)
¶227 » Concurrent court proceedings (“indivisibility”)
¶228 » Pre-award attachment and other provisional measures
¶229 » Measures in aid of arbitration
¶301 » Procedure for enforcement in general
¶302 » Discovery of evidence
¶303 » Estoppel/waiver
¶304 » Set-off/counterclaim
¶305 » Entry of judgment clause
¶306 » Period of limitation for enforcement
¶307 » Interest on award
¶401 » Conditions to be fulfilled by petitioner in general
¶402 » Original or copy arbitral award
¶403 » Original or copy arbitration agreement
¶404 » Authentication and certification
¶405 » “At the time of application”
¶406 » Translation (paragraph 2)
¶500 » Grounds for refusal of enforcement in general
¶500A » Residual power to enforce notwithstanding existence of ground for refusal
¶501 » Grounds are exhaustive
¶502 » No re-examination of the merits of the arbitral award
¶503 » Burden of proof on respondent
¶504 » Paragraph 1 - Ground a: Invalidity of the arbitration agreement - Agreement referred to in Art. II
¶505 » Incapacity of party
¶506 » Law applicable to the arbitration agreement
¶507 » Miscellaneous cases regarding the arbitration agreement
¶508 » Ground b: Violation of due process in general
¶509 » “Proper notice”
¶510 » Time limits and notice periods
¶511 » “Otherwise unable to present his case”
¶512 » Ground c: Excess by arbitrator of his authority - Excess of authority
¶512A » Partial enforcement (ultra petita)
¶513 » Ground d: Irregularity in the composition of the arbitral tribunal or arbitral procedure
¶514 » Ground e: Award not binding, suspended or set aside - "Binding"
¶515 » Merger of award into judgment
¶516 » “Set aside”
¶517 » “Suspended”
¶518 » Paragraph 2 - Distinction domestic–international public policy
¶519 » Ground a: Arbitrability
¶520 » Ground b: Public policy - Default of party
¶521 » Lack of impartiality of arbitrator
¶522 » Lack of reasons in award
¶523 » Irregularities in the arbitral procedure (see also Art. V(1)(b))
¶524 » Other cases
¶601 » Adjournment of decision on enforcement
¶701 » More-favourable-right provision in general
¶702 » Domestic law on enforcement of foreign award
¶703 » Bilateral and multilateral treaties in general
¶703(A) » Multilateral treaties
¶704 » European Convention of 1961
¶704(A) » Panama convention of 1975
¶704(B) » Bilateral treaties
¶704(C) » Rome treaty of 1958 and ec judgments convention of 1968/1988
¶705 » Relationship with Geneva Treaties of 1923 and 1927
¶911 » Article XI: Federal State Clause
¶914 » General reciprocity clause