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Whether a shipper can be dragged into arbitration by another shipper on the same vessel
The Higher Regional Court of Hamburg (OLG Hamburg) ruled whether a shipper is a “protected party” under the arbitration agreement concluded between the carrier and another shipper. Other than in the order of the same court of 23 May 2019 (6 Sch 1/19 – see here: https://kdb.legal/en/a-third-party-may-rely-on-an-arbitration-clause-contained-in-a-contract-with-protective-effect-for-that-third-party/ the OLG ruled that the packaging obligations in […]
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A third party may rely on an arbitration clause contained in a contract with protective effect for that third party
In a (yet unpublished) decision of 23 May 2019, the Higher Regional Court of Hamburg established the criteria, when a third-party can rely on arbitration clauses. By this decision, the Higher Regional Court extended the third-party-effect of arbitration clauses not only to beneficiaries (“Vertrag zu Gunsten Dritter”) but as well to third-parties who are just […]
ArbitrationDissenting opinion of an arbitrator in ICC proceedings violates German internal public policy
The Higher Regional Court (OLG) of Frankfurt/Main vacated an ICC-award rendered in Frankfurt (court order of 16.01.2020 case no. 26 Sch 14/18) for violation of the right to be heard in court and – in an obiter dictum – stated that dissenting opinions violate the (internal) German public policy.
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German Supreme Court rules on violation of the right to be heard in court
In a decision of 16 January 2020 (court case no. I ZB 23/19), the German Supreme Court rendered a decision about the right to be heard in court in the context of proceedings to determine the admissibility of arbitration proceedings. Although this decision concerned an appeal against a state court decision of the Higher Regional […]
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The Russian Supreme Court confirmed that exclusion of an arbitrator from a recommended list does not amount to a ground to set aside the arbitral award
On 27 February 2020 the Russian Supreme Court denied leave to appeal with regard to a judgement of the Moscow District Arbitrazh Court (court case no. А40-153265/2019) which reversed the decision of the lower court to annul the arbitral award based on the reasoning that one of the arbitrators had been excluded from the recommended […]
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Key Takeaways from the Recent Russian Supreme Court’s Resolution on Arbitration
On 10th of December, the Plenum of the Russian Supreme Court issued its Resolution No. 53 (hereinafter – the“Resolution”) addressing the certain state courts’ functions of domestic and international arbitration assistance and supervision. The Resolution is thought to be an attempt to pack scattered legal norms together in a comprehensive legal framework of arbitration in […]
