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
¶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.
| (): | France 52; US 751; US 752; US 753; US 766; US 767; US 769; US 770; US 773; US 776; |
| Volume I (1976): | India 1; |
| Volume II (1977): | Germany 9 (sub a); Italy 14; |
| Volume III (1978): | Italy 19; UK 1; US 13 (sub b); US 15 (sub 2); |
| Volume IV (1979): | Belgium 1 (sub 3); India 3; India 4 (sub 4 and 7); UK 2 (sub 2-4); UK 3 (sub 2-3); UK 5 (sub 4); UK 6 (sub 2); |
| Volume V (1980): | US 26 (sub 2); |
| Volume VII (1982): | UK 8 (sub 1-2); |
| Volume VIII (1983): | Japan 2 (sub 6); UK 10 (sub 3-8); US 40 (sub 4); |
| Volume IX (1984): | UK 11 (sub 2-3); UK 12 (sub 3-8); US 47; US 51 (sub 3-10 and 16-23); |
| Volume X (1985): | Italy 73 (sub 3-7); UK 16 (sub 2-3); US 56 (sub 17); |
| Volume XI (1986): | US 60 (sub 2); US 64 (sub 4-7); |
| Volume XII (1987): | Bermuda 1 (sub 3-4); US 67 (sub 5-6); US 68 (sub 4); |
| Volume XIII (1988): | India 13 (sub 3 and 5); US 78; |
| Volume XIV (1989): | Italy 98 (sub 2-4); |
| Volume XV (1990): | Bermuda 2 (sub 9-13); Germany 34 (sub 4-15); Netherlands Antilles 1; US 93 (sub 6-16); US 95 (sub 8); US 96 (sub 4); US 98 (sub 7-9 and 14-15); |
| Volume XVI (1991): | US 109 (sub 3-7 and 9); US 111 (sub 6-7); |
| Volume XVII (1992): | UK 30 (sub 2-14); US 114 (sub 21-33); US 121 (sub 12); |
| Volume XVIII (1993): | US 124; US 126 (sub 1-33); US 127 (sub 6-20); US 131 (sub 11-14); US 134 (sub 48-49); |
| Volume XIX (1994): | Australia 7 (sub 8-20); Australia 8; Canada 6 (sub 26-34); UK 35 (sub 2-7); US 147 (sub 2-4, 8-11 and 13); US 148 (sub 10); US 158 (sub 17-18); |
| Volume XX (1995): | Japan 6 (sub 2); Switzerland 24 (sub 15-16); US 165 (sub 7-11 and 13); US 170 (sub 24-28 and 35-43); US 173 (sub 5-13); |
| Volume XXI (1996): | India 24 (sub 23-31); New Zealand 3 (sub 10); Switzerland 25; US 198; US 199 (sub 13); US 203 (sub 16-19); US 207 (sub 3-7); |
| Volume XXII (1997): | Australia 12 (sub 1 and 22); Belgium 8 (sub 8-10); Canada 8 (sub 6-16); Germany 47 (sub 3-4); UK 41; UK 46 (sub 6-13); US 233 (sub 5-6); |
| Volume XXIII (1998): | Australia 13 (sub 11); US 243 (sub 9-11); US 248 (sub 4-6); US 257 (sub 9-13); |
| Volume XXIV (1999): | US 279 (sub 19-29); |
| Volume XXV (2000): | Australia 18 (sub 11); UK 56 (sub 21-32); US 295 (sub 9-11); US 306; US 308 (sub 7); US 332 (sub 5-7); US 335 (sub 23-25); |
| Volume XXVI (2001): | India 33; Monaco 1 (sub 1-10); US 341 (sub 64-73); US 344 (sub 16 and 36); US 349; US 354 (sub 1-18); US 358 (sub 5-6 and 23-26); |
| Volume XXVII (2002): | US 375; |
| Volume XXVIII (2003): | Australia 21 (sub 7); UK 61 (sub 11-27); UK 63 (sub 2-24); US 410 (sub 1-7); US 416 (sub 8-10); US 417 (sub 8-10); US 424; |
| Volume XXIX (2004): | Australia 23 (sub 23-65); France 34; Italy 165; Netherlands 28 (sub 13); Switzerland 36; US 451; US 467 (sub 27-32); |
| Volume XXX (2005): | Canada 15; US 493 (sub 7-10); US 498 (sub 15-17); US 513 (sub 29-34); US 524 (sub 4-19); |
| Volume XXXI (2006): | Australia 27 (sub 4-13); France 37; India 41; US 526 (sub 11); US 530 (sub 24-32); US 532 (sub 10); US 544 (sub 46-60); US 547 (sub 10-18); US 550 (sub 5-14 and 25); US 551 (sub 9-46); |
| Volume XXXII (2007): | Australia 29; Australia 30 (sub 1-9 and 27-31); France 39; France 40; Mexico 4; New Zealand 4 (sub 33-35); Pakistan 1 (sub 16 and 19-20); Pakistan 2 (sub 9-12); Spain 55 (sub 2-4); UK 77 (sub 25-27); US 584 (sub 35-36); US 604; US 607 (sub 2-11); US 609 (sub 7-8 and 10); |
| Volume XXXIII (2008): | Canada 24; Italy 175; Philippines 5 (sub 3-17); UK 81; US 612 (sub 20-25 and 30); US 618 (sub 3-17, 24-28 and 38-49); US 619 (sub 11-15); US 624; US 626 (sub 4-5); US 629 (sub 8-20); US 635 (sub 5-13); US 640; US 641 (sub 2-13); US 642 (sub 11-13); US 651 (sub 5-7); Venezuela 2 (sub 12-18 and 33-34); |
| Volume XXXIV (2009): | Brazil 10; Netherlands 33 (sub 19-27); Singapore 7 (sub 1-50); UK 84 (sub 5-25 and 34-39); UK 86 (sub 1-17); US 653 (sub 6-13 and 60-65); US 656 (sub 4 and 7-10); US 659 (sub 7-9); US 662 (sub 3-19); US 664 (sub 20-23); US 667; US 674 (sub 22-32); US 675; US 676 (sub 3-7); US 677; Venezuela 3; |
| Volume XXXV (2010): | Australia 34 (sub 70); Canada 29 (sub 4); India 44; Spain 68 (sub 3, 10 and 18); Uganda 1; UK 88; US 680 (sub 2-7); US 681 (sub 15-23); US 683 (sub 12-18 and 21-44); US 685; US 691; US 694; US 700 (sub 4-10); US 701; US 705; US 710 (sub 21-31 and 36-44); |
| Volume XXXVI (2011): | Switzerland 43; US 714 (sub 67-69); US 716; US 718 (sub 7-13); US 733 (sub 1-10); US 735; US 743 (sub 9-13); Venezuela 4; |
¶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