Baker McKenzie’s Arbitration Yearbook 2018-2019 Edition
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Arbitration News from Poland
New Agreement Between EU Member States: Is This the (Definite) End of Intra-EU Investment...
For several years there has been turmoil within the EU around the potential termination of bilateral investment treaties ("BITs") concluded between EU member states,...
Baker McKenzie International Arbitration Yearbook 2019-2020 – Poland
POLAND
Sylwia Piotrowska, Aleksandra Żanowska, and Łukasz Zbyszyński
A. LEGISLATION AND RULES
A.1 Legislation
The Act of 17 November 1964 - Code of Civil Procedure, which governs arbitration...
Poland – Changes to law – arbitrability of disputes over corporate resolutions
Abstract:
Polish Civil Procedure Code is now clear on the arbitrability of corporate matters.
Background
Polish civil procedure law has recently been subject to a wave of...
Polish Appellate Court set aside ICC award for violating basic principles of public policy
The Appellate Court in Wrocław, Poland ] considered the question of whether the principle that a case must be examined comprehensively and that doubts...
Poland: The autonomy of the arbitration proceedings and the limited scope of the public...
The Polish Supreme Court dealt with two issues arising out of setting aside proceedings. First, the question of the relationship between the decision of...
Poland: How far can an arbitral tribunal go if they consider the contract inequitable?
According to the Polish Supreme Court – very far, as it allowed an arbitral award to modify the key provision of a contract on...
Arbitration in Poland after the 2015 amendments of the Code of Civil Procedure and...
In a nutshell, arbitration must fulfil two main aims to be attractive to its potential users: enforceability of the award must be certain and...
Arbitration News from Europe
The Supreme Court in Enka v Chubb on the law applicable to the arbitration...
Introduction
In Enka Insaat ve Sanayi AS (Respondent) v OOO Insurance Company Chubb (Appellant) UKSC 38, the UK Supreme Court dismissed Chubb's appeal,...
English Commercial Court sets aside final award on jurisdiction for tribunal’s failure to identify...
Introduction
The English Commercial Court, in its recent judgment in MVV Environment Devonport Ltd v NTO Shipping GMBH & CO KG (MV Nortrader) EWHC...
Winter Academy on International Arbitration
On January, 11-16 the Russian Institute of Modern Arbitration will hold the Academy on International Arbitration titled “Beyond the Imaginable Borders: Transformation of Arbitration”.
The...
Switzerland to introduce legal basis for arbitration clauses in articles of incorporation
In recent years, corporate arbitration has played only a minor role in Switzerland. One of the main reasons for this is the legal uncertainty...
9th Baltic Arbitration Days 2020
The 9th Baltic Arbitration Days will be held in Riga, Latvia at the Dzintari Concert Hall in Jurmala and the Riga World Trading Center....
The Swedish Court of Appeal again rejects Spain’s request of a preliminary ruling from...
In May 2018, Spain requested the set-aside of an arbitral award in front of the Swedish Svea Court of Appeal. In the award, the...
Arbitration Statistics 2019- How did arbitration institutions fare in 2019?
The International Chamber of Commerce ("ICC") recently published its full statistical report for the year 2019, which revealed a slight increase in the number...
The International commercial chamber of the Paris Court of Appeal confirmed that a failure...
Paris Court of Appeal, 25 February 2020, No 19/1507575; 19/15816; 19/15817; 1915818; 15/819
The International commercial chamber of the Paris Court of Appeal, created in...
Disputes involving sanctions against Russian persons must now be settled in the Russian state...
On 19 June 2020, a new Russian Law (Federal Law No. 171-FZ dated 8 June 2020, known as the “Lugovoy Law,” named after its...