scholarly journals Remedies to Challenge Arbitral Awards in Pakistan

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 14
Author(s):  
Sohaib Mukhtar ◽  
Shafqat Mahmood Khan Mastoi

<p><em>Available remedies to challenge arbitral awards in Pakistan are modification, remission, annulment and revocation of recognition and enforcement. Arbitration is a method through which disputing parties resolve their disputes outside the Court by avoiding technicalities of procedural law. If there is irregularity regarding process and procedure of arbitral tribunal, parties to an arbitration agreement may apply against it in the Court. Arbitrator files an arbitral award in the Court after completion of arbitral proceedings. If arbitral award is domestic and comes under ambit of Civil Court, arbitrator files arbitral award there but in case of foreign arbitral award, parties to arbitration agreement are required to file arbitral award with arbitration agreement and in case if arbitral award and arbitration agreement are not in official language of Pakistan, translation in official language is required to be submitted before High Court for implementation of arbitral award in Pakistan. Aggrieved party to arbitration agreement may challenge arbitral award before the Court for modification under section 15, for remission under section 16 and for setting aside under section 30 of the Arbitration Act 1940. Recognition and enforcement of an arbitral award may be challenged under article 5 of the New York Convention 1958. The UNCITRAL Model Law 1985 and other relevant International Conventions are not applicable in Pakistan thus aggrieved party may not avail grounds mentioned in these Statutes for modification, remission, setting aside and revocation. Pakistan is an Islamic country hence no award can be implemented in Pakistan if it is against injunctions of Islam under the light of Holy Quran and Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad </em><em>ï·º</em><em> </em><em>which comes under ambit of public policy which is one of the grounds for revocation of recognition and enforcement of an arbitral award in Pakistan. </em></p>

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 518
Author(s):  
Sohaib Mukhtar

<p><em>Arbitration is a method, through which, parties resolve their disputes; outside the court of law; by avoiding all types of technicalities of procedural law. It is one of the modes of Alternate Dispute Resolution. The Arbitration Act 1940 is the only statute in Pakistan, which deals with all types of arbitration processes in Pakistan, but it does not deal with the recognition and enforcement process of International Arbitral Awards in Pakistan. The New York Convention 1958 is enforced in Pakistan, through the Recognition and Enforcement Act 2011 and it deals with the recognition and enforcement process of International Arbitral Awards in Pakistan. The problem in Pakistan is that the majority arbitration processes are not conducted, in accordance with the provisions of the prescribed laws of arbitration, they are usually conducted, in accordance with the customs and usages of the society, which are not prescribed in the current Arbitration Act 1940. There are private Jirga and </em><em>Punchayat systems; in rural areas; throughout Pakistan, to resolve disputes of the poor people of the locality and the decision of that proceeding usually are not submitted in the court of law, for the implementation, which is the requirement under the Arbitration Act 1940, for the smooth implementation of the decision; through the executive wing of the state. Many countries of the world have amended their arbitration laws, as per the customs and usages of the society and under the light of the relevant International Conventions and Treaties. Similarly, in Pakistan, the Arbitration Act 1940 needs a lot of changes, as per the customs and usages of the society, relevant principles laid down in the Holy Quran and Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad and in accordance with the related International Conventions and Treaties. The UNCITRAL Model Law 1985 is not applicable in Pakistan, thus it is also a requirement and need of the time to be implemented in Pakistan, through the act of the Parliament</em><em>.</em></p>


Author(s):  
Kim Joongi

This chapter discusses the recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards. Domestic awards are recognized and enforced under the provisions of the Arbitration Act, which are virtually the same as the provisions in the New York Convention. As per the Model Law, if an arbitration is seated in Korea it is considered a domestic arbitration. In addition, the 2016 Arbitration Act now provides that recognition or enforcement of an arbitral award can occur in far more simplified fashion, through an enforcement decision by a court, as is the case in such civil law countries as Germany and Japan. Furthermore, under the amended Article 37.1, a domestic and foreign arbitral award will be recognized as long as grounds to set it aside do not exist.


2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 512
Author(s):  
María José Castellanos Ruiz

Resumen: En el Auto del TSJ de Murcia de 12 de abril de 2019 se acuerda conceder al exequatur en España de un laudo arbitral dictado en Colombia, solicitado por la parte demandante Productos Florida, S.A. Los motivos de denegación del exequatur que son alegados por la parte demandada, AMC JUICES, S.L y que son objeto de análisis son: a) Sentencia arbitral no obligatoria para las partes o que ha sido anulada o suspendida por una autoridad competente del país en que, o conforme a cuya Ley, ha sido dictada esa sentencia (art. V.1.e) Convenio de Nueva York de 1958); b) Reconocimiento o ejecución del laudo arbitral contrarios al orden público del Estado requerido (art. V.2.b) Convenio de Nueva York de 1958). En definitiva, la postura de los tribunales españoles en relación con el Convenio de Nueva York de 10 de junio de 1958 sobre el reconocimiento y ejecución de las sentencias arbitrales extranjeras, es la de favorecer el reconocimiento y ejecución de laudos arbitrales, de manera que sólo rechazan el exequatur de un laudo arbitral por motivos muy claros y evidentes.Palabras clave: laudos arbitrales extranjeros, convenios arbitrales, reconocimiento y ejecución, exequatur, Convenio de Nueva York de 1958, Ley española de Arbitraje de 2003. Abstract: In decision of the High Court of Murcia of 12th April 2019, it is agreed the exequatur in Spain of an foreign arbitral award issued in Colombia, requested by the plaintiff Productos Florida, S.A. The grounds for refusal of the exequatur that are alleged by the defendant, AMC JUICES, S.L. and that are subject to analysis are: a) The award has not yet become binding on the parties, or has been set aside or suspended by a competent authority of the country in which, or under the law of which, that award was made. (art. V.1.e) New York Convention of 1958); b) Recognition or enforcement of the foreign arbitral awards would be contrary to its public policy (art. V.2.b) New York Convention of 1958). In short, the position of the Spanish courts in relation to The New York Convention of June 10, 1958 on the recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards, is to favor the recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards, so that only they reject the exequatur of an arbitral award for very clear and obvious reasons. Keywords: foreign arbitral awards, arbitral clauses, recognition and enforcement, exequatur, New York Convention of 10 june 1958, Spanish arbitration law of 2003. 


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
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Anastasia Lee Fraser

<p>This paper examines the decision of the United Kingdom Supreme Court in Dallah Real Estate and Tourism Holding Company v The Minister of Religious Affairs, Government of Pakistan, a rare case where an English court refused enforcement of an international arbitral award under the United Nations Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (the New York Convention).  Although in Dallah the United Kingdom Supreme Court acknowledged the trend to limit reconsideration of the findings of arbitral tribunals in fact and in law, the Court considered it was bound to decide the question of validity de novo. Contrary to the tribunal, the Court held the arbitration agreement was not valid under the law to which it was subject and refused enforcement of the arbitral award.  This paper analyses how the English Supreme Court decided the legal issues before it. It concludes the English court could have reached the same decision on a more convincing basis. Even where the issue is initial consent, holding the court at the place of enforcement is always bound to decide a matter de novo neither serves the objectives of international commercial arbitration nor is necessary to promote the fundamental integrity of arbitral proceedings.</p>


Author(s):  
Sester Peter

This chapter examines the Brazilian Arbitration Law (BAL) of 1996. The BAL is a standalone act encompassing roughly 40 articles. It is divided into eight chapters and is applicable to both domestic and international arbitration, except for Chapter VI (The Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Awards), which is modelled on the New York Convention (NYC). Hence, the BAL legislator adopted a monistic approach. Consequently, the BAL contains no definition of domestic or international arbitration, but only defines the term foreign award. According to article 34, sole paragraph BAL, an award is considered a foreign award if it was rendered outside the territory of Brazil. The present translation of the BAL builds on the terminology of the UNCITRAL Model Law on Commercial Arbitration and the NYC because both documents inspired the authors of the BAL and are cornerstones of international arbitration. This chapter of the book then provides comments on the BAL article by article.


2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 195-205 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eunice CHUA

AbstractOn 26 June 2018, the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law [UNCITRAL] approved, largely without modification, the final drafts of the Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation (the Singapore Convention) and amendments to the Model Law on International Commercial Mediation prepared by Working Group II. These instruments aim to promote the enforceability of international commercial settlement agreements reached through mediation in the same way that the New York Convention facilitates the recognition and enforcement of international arbitration awards. This paper provides a critical analysis of the Singapore Convention, and some commentary from an Asian perspective.


Author(s):  
Kim Joongi

This chapter considers the grounds for setting aside an arbitral award. It looks at cases where set-asides have occurred—due to invalid agreements, an excess of jurisdiction, the formation of a tribunal, and public policy arguments. The Arbitration Act’s provisions concerning set-aside closely follow the Model Law and New York Convention. The chapter, however, also discusses other pre-Model Law grounds for a set-aside, such as when ‘a decision has been omitted regarding an important matter that would affect the judgment’. Moreover, the chapter explores the effects of a set-aside, before closing with some arguments raised by leading arbitration scholars.


2021 ◽  
Vol 59 (3) ◽  
pp. 397-422
Author(s):  
Stefan Jovanović

Bearing in mind that there is no uniform solution to the issue of arbitrability of the subject matter of a dispute in international conventions and the Model Law, as well as that different national legislations solve this issue in different ways, the great importance of correctly determining the applicable law for objective arbitrability is noticed. The paper first analyses the lex fori and lex arbitri as classic points of attachment, and then their alternatives such as the lex causae for contract, the place of potential enforcement of the award and the law applicable to the material validity of the arbitration agreement, as well as the proposal to abandon the collision technique. After concluding that for several reasons it is inadequate to apply the law applicable to the arbitration agreement to this issue, and that it is still early to consider that there is an autonomous notion of arbitrability from the New York Convention, the author recognizes that the definition of objective arbitrability encompasses several aspects. Accordingly, for each of them it is necessary to determine separately the applicable law.


Author(s):  
Adnan Deynekli

If the arbitral award which requested to recognition and enforcement given in the country is a party to New York Convention dated 1958, primarily the provisions of this Convention shall be applied. The recognition and enforcement of domestic law and regulations duly implemented. Whether judgment fees should be fixed or proportional are discussion. The demand for recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral tribunal shall not review the basis of the decision of the referee. The necessary conditions for enforcement of foreign arbitral decisions and must be moved. The existence of the arbitration agreement against the enforcement of the arbitration requested by referee assignments, and to be aware of the dispute to arbitration and enforcement required to be favorable verdict must not be contrary to public policy.


2020 ◽  
pp. 86-97
Author(s):  
Volodymyr NAHNYBIDA

The article examines the key aspects of the impact of the law of the place of enforcement of the arbitral award on arbitration and directly on the recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards, given the study of doctrinal positions, regulations and relevant case law. It was found out that the New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards of 1958 refers to the procedural rules of the country of enforcement to settle matters inherent to the recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards not governed by the Convention, establishing only basic and fairly simple formal requirements for the said procedure, which is one of the strong characteristics of the conventional regime of recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards. In light of this, it is concluded that such an approach is moderate and takes into account the impossibility and lack of practical necessity of unification at the international treaty level of procedural features of recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards, establishing only basic principles and requirements. It is substantiated that there are two components of the law of the place of enforcement of the arbitral award, which regulate the recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards within the relevant jurisdiction, namely substantive and procedural, which, however, are contained in single legal acts — mostly national arbitration laws. The author emphasizes the crucial role of the law of the place of enforcement of the arbitral award in the material and procedural aspects for the procedure of recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards within the relevant jurisdiction. It is concluded that the unification of material grounds for refusal of recognition and enforcement (in particular, non-arbitrability of the subject matter of the dispute and contradiction of the award to public policy as grounds that can be raised by the competent judicial authority at the place of enforcement ex officio, regardless of reference to them by opposing party), as well as the consolidation of basic procedural requirements and principles is carried out by the New York Convention of 1958, which leaves to the discretion of the national legislature, on the one hand, the settlement of minor aspects of the procedure, but, on the other hand, recognizes its full discretion in determining the limits of objective arbitrability, the content and specific filling of the category of international public policy applicable in the relevant jurisdiction. Keywords: arbitral award, international commercial arbitration, applicable law, arbitration process, public policy.


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