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Digital Signatures on Arbitral Awards Suffice for Enforcement in Germany: New Ruling by the Bavarian Highest Regional Court
Image by Edar from Pixabay A. Introduction Can a foreign arbitral award signed exclusively by means of qualified electronic signatures be declared enforceable in Germany? The Bavarian Highest Regional Court (Bayerisches Oberstes Landesgericht, BayObLG) answered this question in the affirmative in a decision of 27 March 2026 (case no. 102 Sch 104/25 e). The Court […]
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AllgemeinThe EU General Court confirms: The Council must adhere to strict reasoning standards for the sanctioning of associated persons.
On 20 March 2024 the first Chamber of the EU General Court once again had to decide on behalf of a person sanctioned due to their association and immediate familiar ties to a Russian businessperson. This time Nikita Mazepin (the Claimant) brought an action of annulment under Art. 263 TFEU before the Court, seeking to […]
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AllgemeinArrest of a Russian vessel with 180 tons radioactive uranium on board
A remarkable case both from the factual background as well as from the legal perspective commented on by the Russian Maritime Association RUMLA.ORG (Ruling of the Arbitrazh Court of the Primorsky Region as of 25.11.2020, A51-18495/2020).
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AllgemeinNo Treaty but Reciprocity: Dutch State Court Decision recognized in Russia
The Moscow Arbitrazh Court recognised a Dutch court decision based on the principle of reciprocity, although no treaty on recognition and enforcement of state-court judgements is in place between the Netherlands and Russia (Moscow Arbitrazh Court, Judgement of 19.06.2019, A40-68312/2018).
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AllgemeinStrawalde – temporäre Ausstellung
Strawalde ist Maler, Grafiker und Zeichner, ebenso wie Aktionskünstler und Filmemacher. Strawalde wurde als Jürgen Böttcher 1931 in Frankenberg/Sachsen geboren. Strawalde wuchs in dem sächsischen Ort Strahwalde auf, nach dem er sich später benannten. Er studierte ab 1949 Malerei in Dresden, weil er aber im Kontext des sozialistischen Realismus für seine Kunst keine Chancen sah, […]
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P&I Letter of Undertaking no acceptable security in Germany
In a recently published decision (RdTW 2020, p. 157), the District Court of Hamburg (court case no. 415 HKO 55/18) ruled that a letter of undertaking from a P&I Club based in the UK is not a suitable form of security.
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DAS OBERSTE GERICHT DER REPUBLIK BELARUS – BESCHLUSS
21.03.2017, Minsk 2-11их/2016/286K Die Wirtschaftskammer des Obersten Gerichts der Republik Belarus, in der Besetzung mit dem Vorsitzenden Richter Yumagujin R.Kh. und den Richtern Grigorowitsch A.S. (Verfasser), Shiltschenka W.V., hat in öffentlicher Sitzung die Revision des privaten unitären Transportunternehmens „G“ bezüglich des Urteils des Wirtschaftsgerichts des Bezirks Mogilev vom 18.01.2017 – 2-11их/2016 über den Antrag der […]
