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.
¶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
| (): | Netherlands 42; Netherlands 43; Spain 71; |
| Volume II (1977): | Germany 12 (sub b); |
| Volume IV (1979): | Germany 14 (sub 5); |
| Volume V (1980): | Germany 19 (sub 5); |
| Volume VII (1982): | Germany 23 (sub 2, 4 and 9); Germany 24 (sub 4); |
| Volume X (1985): | Germany 27; |
| Volume XII (1987): | Germany 29 (sub 2-4); |
| Volume XIII (1988): | Germany 31; |
| Volume XIV (1989): | Germany 32 (sub 1, 4, 8 and 12); |
| Volume XVI (1991): | Germany 35 (sub 1-4); |
| Volume XVII (1992): | Germany 38 (sub 1); Germany 40 (sub 1); Netherlands 14 (sub 1-2); |
| Volume XIX (1994): | France 18; France 19 (sub 3); France 20; Netherlands 15 (sub 1-3); Netherlands 16 (sub 5); |
| Volume XX (1995): | France 23 (sub 4); |
| Volume XXI (1996): | Netherlands 19 (sub 1-2); |
| Volume XXII (1997): | France 25 (sub 3-4); France 26 (sub 1-2); Germany 46 (sub 5 and 7); Netherlands 22 (sub 6); US 230 (sub 5); US 238 (sub 13); |
| Volume XXIII (1998): | France 28 (sub 2-3); India 26 (sub 30-31); Russian Federation 5 (sub 4-5 and 9); |
| Volume XXIV (1999): | Germany 48 (sub 1); Luxembourg 2 (sub 25-26); US 280 (sub 14-22); US 288 (sub 4-6); |
| Volume XXVI (2001): | France 31; Netherlands 26 (sub 2); |
| Volume XXVII (2002): | Germany 54 (sub 1-12); |
| Volume XXIX (2004): | France 34; Germany 65 (sub 8 and 16-18); Germany 67 (sub 3 and 14-16); Germany 69 (sub 9); Germany 70 (sub 4-7); Germany 71 (sub 3); Netherlands 28 (sub 6-10); US 452 (sub 7-8); |
| Volume XXX (2005): | France 35 (sub 1-3); Germany 74 (sub 5); Germany 76 (sub 3); Germany 80 (sub 2); Germany 81 (sub 4-5); Germany 82 (sub 3 and 5-8); Germany 83 (sub 2); |
| Volume XXXI (2006): | France 36 (sub 3); Germany 88 (sub 3); Germany 89 (sub 1 and 4-16); Germany 90 (sub 3 and 9); Germany 93; Germany 94; Germany 95 (sub 4); |
| Volume XXXII (2007): | Austria 16 (sub 5); France 39; France 40; France 41; France 42; Germany 101 (sub 3); Germany 103 (sub 7-8); Germany 104 (sub 4-5); Germany 105 (sub 4-5); Germany 106 (sub 4-6); |
| Volume XXXIII (2008): | Germany 111 (sub 4); Germany 112 (sub 2-3); Germany 114 (sub 2-3); |
| Volume XXXIV (2009): | Austria 20 (sub 12-17); Germany 117 (sub 2-3); Germany 122 (sub 2); Germany 123 (sub 1-2); Netherlands 33 (sub 1-14); |
| Volume XXXV (2010): | Germany 125 (sub 4); Germany 127 (sub 2 and 5); Germany 128 (sub 2-3); Germany 130 (sub 3-5); Germany 132 (sub 12-16); Germany 133 (sub 3); Germany 134 (sub 2 and 8); Germany 135 (sub 4); |
| Volume XXXVI (2011): | Germany 136 (sub 11-15); Germany 139; Netherlands 35 (sub 6-8); |
¶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