Archive for August, 2013

Supreme Commercial Court to Address Arbitral Tribunals’ Ability to Handle Complex Disputes

Supreme Commercial Court to Address Arbitral Tribunals’ Ability to Handle Complex Disputes

Later this year the Presidium of the Supreme Commercial Court will hear an appeal in ENEL OGK-5 v CJSC ROS Postakva and Worley Parsons Europe Energy Services Ltd. The issues before the court are the arbitral tribunal’s power to assess evidence and the effect an alleged lack of jurisdiction over part of the dispute has on […]

Internships with CIS Arbitration Forum

Internships with CIS Arbitration Forum

CIS Arbitration Forum is continuously looking for part-time interns to help with preparing materials offering cutting-edge insights into developments in international arbitration and cross-border dispute resolution.online pharmacy https://www.mydentalplace.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/new/albuterol.html no prescription drugstore Interns will work (usually remotely) in close cooperation with editors in London and Moscow to produce posts for the Forum as well as update […]

CAS Confirmed Strict Liability Principle in Match-Fixing

CAS Confirmed Strict Liability Principle in Match-Fixing

On 2 August 2013, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) published a press-release about the decision made in a complex and highly controversial case on match-fixing, involving ten individuals and two football clubs from Ukraine – FC Metalist Kharkiv (“FC Metalist”) and FC Karpaty Lviv (“FC Karpaty”). The Tribunal sanctioned the Sports Director of FC Metalist and six football players for being directly […]

Conference ‘Kiev Arbitration Days 2013: Think Big!’ Is Scheduled for November

Conference ‘Kiev Arbitration Days 2013: Think Big!’ Is Scheduled for November

The Kiev Arbitration Days 2013: Think Big! will take place on November 14-15, 2013 in the Radisson Blu Hotel. The conference is conducted under the auspices of the Ukrainian Bar Association. CIS Arbitration Forum is a media partner of the conference. The  event will bring together world-class dispute resolution practitioners and prominent arbitration experts to discuss […]

Ukrainian Arbitration Association Runs the First International Arbitration School in Ukraine

Ukrainian Arbitration Association Runs the First International Arbitration School in Ukraine

On 5-9 August the Ukrainian Arbitration Association (the “UAA”) ran an intensive five-day arbitration programme of the First Summer School in International Arbitration organised jointly with the National University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy’s Faculty of Law (“UKMA”). The event has been part of the educational activities of the UAA, which was launched a year ago […]

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ABA Conference on the Resolution of CIS-Related Business Disputes in Moscow

ABA Conference on the Resolution of CIS-Related Business Disputes in Moscow

The American Bar Association Section of International Law is organising the 5th Annual Conference on the Resolution of CIS-Related Business Disputes in Moscow on 27 September 2013. The Organisation Partner of the Conference is ICC Russia www.iccwbo.ru and the CIS Arbitration Forum will act as a media sponsor of the event. The event promises to be a memorable opportunity to network […]

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Awarding Excessive Amount of Penalty Interest May Contradict Russian Public Policy

Awarding Excessive Amount of Penalty Interest May Contradict Russian Public Policy

Yesterday the Presidium of the Supreme Commercial Court of the Russian Federation affirmed relevant lower courts’ decisions to set aside a domestic arbitral award. It found that enforcement of an award requiring the respondent to pay penalty interest in the amount clearly exceeding the damages suffered by the claimant violates Russian public policy.  While the […]