Recognition And Enforcement Of Foreign Arbitral Awards: The Application Of The New York Convention By National Courts ? Czech Republic

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Recognition And Enforcement Of Foreign Arbitral Awards: The Application Of The New York Convention By National Courts ? Czech Republic

Original language description

The courts in the Czech Republic do not have any major problems with the application of the New York Convention. The Czech Republic (respectively the former Czechoslovakia) asserted a reciprocity reservation under Article I (3) of the New York Convention. The Czech Republic is also a signatory of many bilateral treaties on mutual legal assistance, which regularly deal with the issue of enforcement of foreign arbitral awards. Under Czech law, there is no exequatur proceeding. The grounds set out by Article V are not mandatory, as suggested by the English text of this provision (?may be refused?). The official Czech translation also retains this discretionary power. This implies that the judge is not obliged, according to the New York Convention, to refuse recognition and enforcement if one of the grounds of Article V exist, and the judge has the discretionary power to grant the recognition and enforcement of an award. It is arguable that in a case in which a ground for the refusal of en

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

AG - Legal sciences

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2014

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

The Lawyer Quarterly

ISSN

1805-8396

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Volume of the periodical

IV

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

17

Pages from-to

91-107

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