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1 EUROPEAN INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION REVIEW Volume 6:2 INHERENT POWERS OF ARBITRATORS TABLE OF CONTENTS EDITOR S NOTE Franco Ferrari, General Editor v ARTICLES Sources of Inherent Powers 1 Andrea K. Bjorklund and Jonathan Brosseau Inherent Powers to Streamline the Proceedings 49 Inka Hanefeld and Aaron de Jong Inherent Powers and Competition Law 69 Giuditta Cordero-Moss The Use of Inherent Powers by Arbitrators to Protect the Public at Large 95 Hattie Middleditch The Inherent Powers of International Adjudicators to Reconsider and Revise Their Decisions 127 Friedrich Rosenfeld i

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3 EUROPEAN INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION REVIEW Volume 6:1 IURA NOVIT CURIA AND THE POWER OF THE ARBITRAL TRIBUNAL TABLE OF CONTENTS FOREWORD Klaus Reichert, S.C., Former General Editor v EDITOR S NOTE Franco Ferrari, General Editor vii ARTICLES Iura Novit Arbiter in Argentine Arbitration Law 1 Julio César Rivera Jr. Iura Novit Arbiter in Danish Arbitration Law 15 Joseph M. Lookofsky and Clement Salung Petersen Jura Novit Curia in International Commercial Arbitration the German Perspective 33 Burkhard Hess and Leon Marcel Kahl The Incidence of Iura Novit Arbiter in Singapore Arbitration Law 67 Koh Swee Yen and Kenny Lau Jura Novit Arbiter in Swedish Arbitration Law 87 James Hope and Elisabet Hallberg Iura Novit Arbiter in Swiss Arbitration Law 107 Andrea Bonomi and David Bochatay Iura Novit Curia in International Law 131 Friedrich Rosenfeld i

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5 EUROPEAN INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION REVIEW Volume 5:2 TABLE OF CONTENTS PUBLISHER S NOTE Michael Kitzen, Editor in Chief, JURIS v ARTICLES The TTIP Investment Court System: An Evolution of Investor-State Dispute Settlement 1 Joanna G. Coyne The Misdiagnosed Investment Court: The Wrong Remedy for the Right Problem 23 Joshua B. Simmons European Union Law as a Jurisdictional and Substantive Defense in Investor-State Arbitration 51 George A. Bermann An Opaque Blacklist: The Lack of Transparency in Identifying Non-Cooperating Countries under the EU IUU Regulation 69 Eva Romée van der Marel Maritime Boundary Delimitation Agreements in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea 89 Nicholas A. Ioannides Correction Notice: The title of the article written by Catherine A. Kunz which was featured in the last issue of the European International Arbitration Review, Volume 5, Issue 1, contained typographical errors. The correct title of the article is Waiver of Right to Challenge an International Arbitral Award Is Not Incompatible with ECHR: Tabbane v Switzerland. The incorrect use of the words not compatible in the original published version resulted in an unintended distortion of meaning. We regret the error. i

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7 EUROPEAN INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION REVIEW Volume 5:1 TABLE OF CONTENTS EDITOR S NOTE Klaus Reichert S.C., General Editor v ARTICLES Classic Disputes: Arbitration of Disputes in Classical Music 1 Don Erik Franzen Emergency Arbitrators: Promises, Challenges and Possibilities 19 Clyde W. Lea Tribunal Bias in African Arbitrations 31 Harry Matovu QC Brexit Is Irrelevant to the Future of Arbitration in Switzerland 51 Charles Poncet CASE NOTES EDITORIAL John P. Gaffney, Case Notes Editor 57 Timothy L. Foden, Assistant Case Notes Editor CASE NOTES France Genentech: EU Law Confronted with International Arbitration 59 Paschalis Paschalidis Opinion: Genentech Inc. v Hoechst GmbH, formerly Hoechst AG, Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH Case No. C-567/14, March Judgment: Genentech Inc. v Hoechst GmbH, formerly Hoechst AG, Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH Case No. C-567/14, July i

8 ii EUROPEAN INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION REVIEW VOL. 5:1 Arbitration Rules Binding Force and Challenge of Arbitrators, Some Useful Clarifications: Société Tecnimont Spa v. SA J.&P. Avax Clément Fouchard 107 Decision: Société Tecnimont Spa v. SA J.&P. Avax Case No. 14/14884, April Switzerland 115 Waiver of Right to Challenge an International Arbitral Award Is Not Incompatible with ECHR: Tabbane v. Switzerland 125 Catherine A. Kunz Decision: Tabbane v. Switzerland (Tabbane Noureddine c. Suisse) 133 Case No /12, March

9 EUROPEAN INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION REVIEW Volume 4:2 TABLE OF CONTENTS EDITOR S NOTE Klaus Reichert S.C., General Editor v ARTICLES Is a Contract Claim to Money a Protected Investment under the Energy Charter Treaty? 1 Sergei A. Voitovich Repeat Arbitrators: Why Are They an Issue? 17 Shaun Palmer CASE NOTES EDITORIAL John P. Gaffney, Case Notes Editor 49 Timothy L. Foden, Assistant Case Notes Editor CASE NOTES France Société Ryanair Ltd Et Société Airport Marketing Services Ltd v. Syndicat Mixte Des Aéroports De Charente (SMAC) French Court of Cassation, 8 July Thomas Voisin Portugal Arbitral Awards Modifying Arbitral Awards? The Principle of Equilibrium of Arbitral Awards 59 Duarte G. Henriques i

10 ii EUROPEAN INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION REVIEW VOL. 4:2 Ukraine Ukraine: Pioneering the Analytical Approach to the Enforcement of Emergency Arbitrator Awards 69 Oksana Varakina Decision: Pecherskyi District Court of the City of Kyiv Case No. 757/5777/15-ц (Ukrainian and English Versions) 77 Decision: Kyiv City Appellate Court Case No. 22-ц/796/9284/2015 (Ukrainian and English Versions) 93 England Gold Reserve Inc v The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela [2016] EWHC 153 (Comm) 111 Nabil Khabirpour Decision: Gold Reserve Inc v The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela [2016] EWHC 153 (Comm) Case No: CL

11 EUROPEAN INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION REVIEW Volume 4:1 TABLE OF CONTENTS EDITOR S NOTE Klaus Reichert S.C., General Editor v ARTICLES Enforcement of Arbitral Awards and EU Law: 1 Further down the Rabbit Hole? Gillian Cahill The Art of Persuasion and the Harmonization of 43 Cultures through International Arbitration Marike R.P. Paulsson, Neeti Sachdeva, and Aysha Abdullah Mutaywea Setting Aside Arbitral Awards in Model Law Jurisdictions: 55 The Singapore Approach from a German Perspective J. Ole Jensen The New Emergency Arbitrator Provisions and Other 81 Options for Urgent Relief under the 2014 LCIA Rules Maxi Scherer CASE NOTES EDITORIAL John P. Gaffney, Case Notes Editor 107 Timothy L. Foden, Assistant Case Notes Editor CASE NOTES Ireland Kompetenz-Kompetenz: The Lisheen Mine v Mullock 109 and Sons (Shipbrokers) Limited and Vertom Shipping and Trading BV Andrew Lenny Decision: The Lisheen Mine v Mullock and Sons (Shipbrokers) 119 Limited and Vertom Shipping and Trading BV i

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13 EUROPEAN INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION REVIEW Volume 3:2 TABLE OF CONTENTS EDITOR S NOTE Klaus Reichert S.C., General Editor v ARTICLES Commentary to: Conflict Management: The Expectation of Corporate Users 1 Ugo Draetta Conflict Management: The Expectation of Corporate Users 7 Anke Sessler Due Process and Public Policy: The Fated Overlap between Articles V(1)(B) and V(2)(B) of the New York Convention 15 Thomas W. Davis Anti-Arbitration Injunctions: A Comparison of Approaches and the Problem of National Court Interference 35 John Joy CASE NOTES EDITORIAL John P. Gaffney, Case Notes Editor 77 Timothy L. Foden, Assistant Case Notes Editor i

14 ii EUROPEAN INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION REVIEW VOL. 3:2 CASE NOTES England Freezing Orders in Support of Arbitral Proceedings Seated in England: 79 U&M Mining Zambia Ltd v Konkola Copper Mines plc Maanas Jain Decision: U&M Mining Zambia Ltd v Konkola Copper Mines plc, [2014] EWHC 3250 (Comm) 87 Diag Human Se v Czech Republic: Issue Estoppel Applied in English Enforcement Proceedings 113 Laurie Frey Decision: Diag Human Se v Czech Republic, [2014] EWHC 1639 (Comm) 123 France Tomskneft v. Société Yukos Capital, French Court of Cassation, November 5, Kateryna Bondar and Lorraine de Germiny Decision: Tomskneft v. Société Yukos Capital, French Court of Cassation, November 5,

15 EUROPEAN INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION REVIEW Volume 3:1 TABLE OF CONTENTS EDITOR S NOTE Klaus Reichert S.C., General Editor v ARTICLES Commentary to: The Social Dilemma of Section 1782: How I Learned to Start Litigating and Love the Bomb 1 Ugo Draetta The Social Dilemma of Section 1782: How I Learned to Start Litigating and Love the Bomb 9 Karl Hennessee The Arbitrator Was Late by One Day and His Jurisdiction Expired 29 Charles Poncet State Immunity in Selected Countries in Central and Eastern Europe 37 Justinas Jarusevicius, Anastasia Rodionova, Artis Straupenieks and Jakub Wolkowicz CASE NOTES EDITORIAL John P. Gaffney, Case Notes Editor 133 Timothy L. Foden, Assistant Case Notes Editor i

16 ii EUROPEAN INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION REVIEW VOL. 3:1 CASE NOTES Ireland Yukos Capital S.A.R.L. v. OAO Tomskneft VNK [2014] IEHC Nicola Dunleavy, Gearoid Carey, Maria Kennedy Decision: Yukos Capital S.A.R.L. v. OAO Tomskneft VNK [2014] IEHC Germany (In)Voluntary Submission to Arbitration in Germany, Switzerland and Beyond 175 Heiner Kahlert Decision: Claudia Pechstein v Deutsche Eisschnelllauf-Gemeinschaft e.v. (DESG) & International Skating Union (ISU), SchiedsVZ 2014, 100 et. seq. 191 France Paris Court of Appeal, 10 April 2014, Pôle 1, Chamber 1, RG N 13/ Thomas Voisin Decision: Paris Court of Appeal, 10 April 2014, Pôle 1, Chamber 1, RG N 13/

17 EUROPEAN INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION REVIEW Volume 2:2 TABLE OF CONTENTS EDITOR S NOTE Klaus Reichert S.C., General Editor v ARTICLES Commentary to: Dispute Resolution Mechanisms in International Construction Contracts: Commercial or Investment Arbitration? 203 Ugo Draetta Dispute Resolution Mechanisms in International Construction Contracts: Commercial or Investment Arbitration? 207 Edoardo Marcenaro The Cultural Impact on Arbitration in Europe: Is There Need to Bridge the Cultural Gap? 231 Sergei Gorbylev What Now for Article 16(3)? 243 Doug Jones CASE NOTES EDITORIAL John P. Gaffney, Case Notes Editor 255 Timothy L. Foden, Assistant Case Notes Editor CASE NOTES Portugal Portuguese Court of Arbitration for Sports: 257 Constitutional Award No. 781/2013 of November 20, 2013 Antonio Júdice Moreira Constitutional Award No. 230/2013 of April 24, Constitutional Award No. 781/2013 of November 20, i

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19 EUROPEAN INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION REVIEW Volume 2:1 TABLE OF CONTENTS EDITOR S NOTE Klaus Reichert S.C., General Editor v ARTICLES Commentary to: Users Need More Transparency in International Arbitration 1 Ugo Draetta Users Need More Transparency in International Arbitration 9 Michael McIlwrath and Roland Schroeder Confidentiality in Arbitration A Tale of Doves, Chromatics and European Divides 27 Heiner Kahlert The Tobacco Wars: How Big Tobacco Is Using Investor-State Arbitration to Combat State Regulation and a Lesson for Europe 41 Eric Kar-Yan Ng The Paris Arbitration Rules: Towards a Simplified Arbitral Procedure 53 Hinda Rabkin CASE NOTES EDITORIAL John P. Gaffney, Case Notes Editor 95 Timothy L. Foden, Assistant Case Notes Editor i

20 ii EUROPEAN INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION REVIEW VOL. 2:1 CASE NOTES England The English High Court Addresses the Intention of the Parties to Arbitrate 97 Jonathan Toffolo Lisnave Estaleiros Navais SA v. Chemikalien Seetransport GmbH [2013] EWHC 338 (Comm) 111 Hyundai Merchant Marine Company Limited v. Americas Bulk Transport Limited [2013] EWHC 470 (Comm) 137 Israel Foreign Arbitral Awards and Res Judicata in Israel 169 Shai Sharvit Gad Chemicals Ltd. v. BIP Chemicals Ltd. and others 175 [unpublished decision]

21 EUROPEAN INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION REVIEW Volume 1:2 TABLE OF CONTENTS EDITOR S NOTE Klaus Reichert S.C., General Editor v ARTICLES Introductory Note: A Corporate Counsel View on International Arbitration 139 Ugo Draetta An In-house Counsel Perspective on the Promotion of International Commercial Arbitration 145 Edoardo Marcenaro Playing by the Rules in International Arbitration: What Are the Rules? 155 James Hope Unifying the Legislative Regime for Domestic and International Arbitration in Ireland 177 Paul Gallagher S.C. and Francis Kieran Recent Developments in Hungarian Arbitration Law: A Cause for Concern 191 Orsolya Toth, Balázs Sahin-Tóth and Imre Kása CASE NOTES EDITORIAL John P. Gaffney, Case Notes Editor 201 Timothy L. Foden, Assistant Case Notes Editor i

22 ii EUROPEAN INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION REVIEW VOL. 1:2 CASE NOTES Czech Republic The Czech Republic: Farewell to Czech Private Arbitration Centers 203 Rostislav Pekař and Mária Lokajová Resolution of the Supreme Court No. 32 Cdo 2282/2008 dated 31 July Decision of the Supreme Court No. 32 Cdo 2312/2007 dated 21 January Decision of the Prague High Court No. 12 Cmo 496/2008 dated 25 May Decision of the Supreme Court No. 23 Cdo 5129/2007 dated 29 September Decision of the Supreme Court No. 23 Cdo 4895/2009 dated 28 April Decision of the Supreme Court No. 23 Cdo 2672/2008 dated 29 April Resolution of the Supreme Court No. 31 Cdo 1945/2010 dated 11 May Decision of the Czech Constitutional Court No. II ÚS 3057/10 dated 5 October Decision of the Czech Constitutional Court No. II ÚS 2164/10 dated 1 November Russia The End of Indirect Claims in Russia? 279 Michael Wietzorek Stena RoRo AB v. OAO Baltiyskiy zavod, Supreme Arbitrazh Court, 13 September 2011, No. VAS-1795/ Stena RoRo AB v. OAO Baltiyskiy zavod, Supreme Arbitrazh Court, 13 September 2011, No. VAS-9899/ OAO Holdingovaya Kompaniya Sibirskiy Cement, OOO Finansovo-promyshlennyy soyuz Sibkonkord & İstanbul Çimento Yatırımları Anonim Şirketi v. Ciments Français, Supreme Arbitrazh Court, 5 June 2012, No. VAS-76/

23 EUROPEAN INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION REVIEW Volume 1:1 TABLE OF CONTENTS EDITOR S NOTE Klaus Reichert S.C., General Editor v FOREWORD TO THE FIRST ISSUE Michael M. Collins S.C., President, Arbitration Ireland ix ARTICLES The New York Convention: Can We Finally Move Forward from 1958 to 1953? 1 Marike R.P. Paulsson Annex: Hypothetical Draft Convention on the International Enforcement of Arbitration Agreements and Awards 14 Albert Jan van den Berg Investment Insurance and Investment Arbitration: The Position of the Third Party 19 Amy Sander The Independence of the Court of Arbitration for Sport 31 Charles Poncet What Does Ethics in Arbitration Really Mean? 57 Ugo Draetta CASE NOTES EDITORIAL John P. Gaffney, Case Notes Editor 73 Timothy L. Foden, Assistant Case Notes Editor i

24 ii EUROPEAN INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION REVIEW VOL. 1:1 CASE NOTES England West Tankers v. Allianz (The Front Comor) [2012] EWCA Civ Crispin Winser Decision: West Tankers v. Allianz (The Front Comor) [2012] EWCA Civ France French Courts Confirm and Extend the Autonomy of International Arbitration 97 Emily Fox Decision: Elf Aquitaine and Total v. Mattei and others, French Supreme Court, 12 October Decision: Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation v. National Gas Company, Paris Court of Appeal, 24 November Germany Interpretation of Arbitral Agreements by German Courts 119 Sebastian D. Müller Decision: Federal Court of Justice, Decision Dated 14 July 2011, Published in SchiedsVZ Spain Spanish Court Rejects Application for Advanced Examination and Seizure of Evidence in Aid of a Foreign Arbitration 131 Félix J. Montero Muriel and María Rivera-Lupu

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