Im Rahmen der CLOUT-Partnerschaft zwischen dem UNCITRAL-Sekretariat und der DIS werden geeignete Fälle aus dem German Arbitration Digest in die Rechtsprechungsdatenbank CLOUT übernommen.
Der German Arbitration Digest (GAD) ist eine gemeinsame Initiative der DIS und der DIS40 mit dem Ziel, international bedeutsame schiedsverfahrensrechtliche Entscheidungen der obersten deutschen Gerichte einem weltweiten Publikum zugänglich zu machen.
Der GAD macht aktuelle Entscheidungen in Schiedssachen aus einer UNCITRAL-Modellgesetzrechtsordnung einer breiten Öffentlichkeit zugänglich und schärft damit das Profil Deutschlands als schiedsfreundlicher Standort für internationale Streitigkeiten. Die DIS und DIS40 stellen dazu klare und konzise Zusammenfassungen der deutschen Entscheidungen in Schiedssachen zur Verfügung. Die Zusammenfassungen werden von engagierten jungen Streitbeilegungsspezialisten und Mitgliedern der DIS40 erstellt und von einem Team erfahrener Schiedspraktiker der DIS und der DIS40 sorgfältig geprüft, um ein hohes Maß an Verlässlichkeit zu gewährleisten.
Bitte beachten Sie, dass die im German Arbitration Digest bereitgestellten Entscheidungszusammenfassungen ausschließlich zu Informationszwecken dienen. Die Deutsche Institution für Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit e.V. übernimmt keine Gewährleistung für die Richtigkeit und Vollständigkeit der Zusammenfassungen. Die Zusammenfassungen dienen nicht der Rechtsberatung.
Wer eine Zusammenfassung für das GAD-Projekt erstellen möchte, kann sein Interesse gerne per E-Mail an dis40(at)disarb.org bekunden. Alle Interessenten werden in der Reihenfolge ihrer Anmeldung in eine Liste aufgenommen und zu gegebener Zeit per E-Mail kontaktiert
Im Rahmen der CLOUT-Partnerschaft zwischen dem UNCITRAL-Sekretariat und der DIS werden geeignete Fälle aus dem German Arbitration Digest in die Rechtsprechungsdatenbank CLOUT übernommen.
Highest Regional Court of Bavaria confirms restrictive approach of German courts to public policy violations, deciding on the necessity of an oral hearing and the individual naming of heirs
GAD 2025, 28
Keywords: Setting-aside of an award, public policy, executor by will, right to be heard, inclusion of heirs
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Security for costs in proceedings for the recognition and declaration of enforceability of arbitral awards: German courts adhere to Germany’s international obligations – regardless of the political situation
GAD 2025, 27
Keywords: Security for costs, proceedings for the recognition and declaration of enforceability of foreign arbitral awards, international treaty obligations, Hague Convention relating to civil procedure of 1 March 1954, sanctions
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Higher Regional Court of Cologne rejects application to set aside arbitral award – limitation of final submissions within tribunal's discretion and tribunal not bound by prior court ruling on contract validity
GAD 2025, 26
Keywords: Setting aside proceedings, ad hoc arbitration, distribution agreement, arbitration agreement, right to be heard, public policy, procedural order, limitation of submissions, exclusion of new evidence, révision au fond, binding effect, form requirements
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Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt am Main refuses enforcement of foreign arbitral award as EU sanctions form part of German public policy
GAD 2025, 25
Keywords: Enforcement of foreign arbitral award, German public policy, ordre public international, EU sanctions against Russia, Regulation (EU) No 833/2014, révision au fond, unjustified enrichment, breach of a statutory provision
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Failure of a Party to Appoint an Arbitrator in Due Time
GAD 2025, 24
Keywords: Appointment of arbitrators by the state court, independence and impartiality, jurisdiction of the Highest Regional Court of Bavaria
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Higher Regional Court of Stuttgart holds that an arbitral award mandating payment prohibited by EU sanctions currently violates German public policy
GAD 2025, 23
Keywords: Foreign arbitral award, declaration of enforceability, public policy, sanctions, MKAS
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German Federal Court of Justice upholds enforceability of arbitral award despite possible violation of nemo tenetur principle and immorality (Section 826 German Civil Code)
GAD 2025, 22
Keywords: Enforceability, grounds for setting aside, public policy, award obtained through a crime, enforcement being immoral, nemo tenetur se ipsum accusare
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BayObLG set aside domestic award for violation of right to be heard and insufficient reasoning, remanding the case to the arbitral tribunal
GAD 2025, 21
Keywords: Right to be heard, minimum reasoning requirements, remanding to the arbitral tribunal
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The Higher Regional Court of Cologne reinforced the prohibition of révision au fond by denying that there had been a violation of public policy through procedural fraud that would justify refusing to recognise the arbitral award
GAD 2025, 20
Keywords: Foreign arbitral award, declaration of enforceability, right to be heard, public policy, révision au fond, China, New York Convention, arbitration agreement, grounds for refusal
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BGH denies interim suspension of enforcement measures in complex trade secret dispute because underlying arguments against recognition and enforcement lack sufficient prospects of success
GAD 2025, 19
Keywords: foreign arbitral award, interim suspension of enforcement measures, declaration of enforceability, prohibition of objective arbitrariness, right to be heard, public policy, révision au fond, damage calculation
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German Federal Court of Justice refuses to enforce cost award in in intra-EU investment arbitration
GAD 2025, 18
Keywords: Foreign arbitral award, cost decision, cost award, declaration of enforceability, invalid arbitration agreement, investor-state arbitration, European Court of Justice, Achmea, UNCITRAL Rules, inherent powers, good faith
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Highest Regional Court of Bavaria invalidates tacit arbitration agreement in the case of a farmer, while dismissing due process challenge
GAD 2025, 17
Keywords: Enforcement proceedings, set aside proceedings, arbitration agreement, formal validity, commercial confirmation letter, tacit agreement, standard business terms, due process, right to be heard, procedural public policy
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The Highest Regional Court of Bavaria confirms that defects in the main contract do not invalidate arbitration clauses
GAD 2025, 16
Keywords: Inadmissibility, validity of arbitration clause, defects of the main contract, invalidity ex tunc
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Higher Regional Court of Cologne: imprecise arbitration clauses to be upheld if the parties' intent is clear; incompatibility with mandatory law violates public policy only if fundamental values are affected.
GAD 2025, 15
Keywords: Foreign arbitral award, declaration of enforceability, public policy, arbitration agreement, arbitration clause, Swiss Rules, right to be heard, expedited procedure
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German Federal Court of Justice sets out when an arbitral award can be set aside because (i) it was obtained through a criminal act, (ii) the enforcement would violate the principle of nemo tenetur se ipsum accusare, or (iii) the enforcement would be immoral in the meaning of Section 826 German Civil Code
GAD 2025, 14
Keywords: Public policy, award obtained through a crime, nemo tenetur se ipsum accusare, enforcement being immoral
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German Federal Court of Justice upholds enforceability of a foreign arbitral award and confirms discretion of arbitral tribunals as well as its restrictive approach in treating public policy
GAD 2025, 13
Keywords: Foreign arbitral award, public policy, révision au fond, trade secrets, quantum determination, expert witness, right to be heard, prohibition of arbitrary decisions
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Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt harmonizes the procedural requirements for declaring foreign and domestic arbitral awards enforceable
GAD 2025, 12
Keywords: Foreign arbitral award, declaration of enforceability, oral hearing, grounds for refusal, equal treatment, New York Convention
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German Federal Court of Justice rules that the commencement of arbitration proceedings does not preclude a challenge to the proceedings' admissibility and extends the principle of separability to procedural agreements
GAD 2025, 11
Keywords: determination of admissibility of arbitration, waiver to challenge jurisdiction, contradictory behaviour, arbitration agreement, principle of separability, choice of law
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Highest Regional Court of Bavaria reviews award regarding violation of public policy irrespective of acknowledgment by Respondent
GAD 2025, 10
Keywords: public policy, domestic arbitral award, declaration of enforceability, acknowledgment, bias, right to be heard, lack of legal reasoning, fraudulent misrepresentation, iura novit curia, assessment proprio motu
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The Highest Regional Court of Bavaria confirms high threshold for establishing a violation of the right to be heard in foreign arbitral proceedings
GAD 2025, 9
Keywords: Foreign arbitral award, recognition and enforcement, right to be heard, public policy, procedural fairness, fair trial doctrine, révision au fond
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Higher Regional Court of Karlsruhe strengthens enforcement of arbitral awards with most-favoured nation principle
GAD 2025, 8
Keywords: Foreign arbitral award, declaration of enforceability, New York Convention, grounds for refusal, inclusion and arbitration agreement, most-favoured nation principle, expedited procedure, public policy, révision au fond
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German Federal Court of Justice confirms legitimate interest in declaring partial invalidity of arbitration agreement despite opponent's acknowledgment
GAD 2025, 7
Keywords: Partnership company, partial invalidity of arbitration agreement, arbitrability, disputes over defects in corporate resolutions, declaratory action, determination of admissibility of arbitral proceedings, legitimate interest in legal protection, effective legal protection
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Challenging an arbitrator is not a means for judicially reviewing potential procedural errors or preliminary assessments made by the arbitrator during the proceedings
GAD 2025, 6
Keywords: Arbitrator challenge, qualified procedural errors, judicial review of challenge proceedings, deadline extension, bias, impartiality
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Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt am Main extends arbitration clause in framework supply agreement to third parties
GAD 2025, 5
Keywords: Third-party effect of arbitration clause, framework supply agreement, affiliated companies, contract interpretation, conduct of parties, contract for benefit of third parties
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Highest Regional Court of Bavaria: Arbitral award "approved" by the arbitral tribunal might still be an arbitral award on agreed terms
GAD 2025, 4
Keywords: Foreign arbitral award on agreed terms, (partial) declaration of enforceability, most favoured nation principle
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OLG Frankfurt confirms enforceability of partially invalid arbitration agreements in partnership disputes
GAD 2025, 3
Keywords: Arbitration agreement, partial invalidity, partnership disputes, severability clause
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The Highest Regional Court of Bavaria confirms restrictive approach of German courts to violations of the right to be heard applying standards for parties' ability to participate adequately in arbitration proceedings irrespective of illness/alleged poverty
GAD 2025, 2
Keywords: Foreign arbitral award, declaration of enforceability, public policy, right to be heard, postponement of hearing, poverty of a party, adequate participation in the arbitration proceedings, serious illness of a party, right to a public defender
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Arbitral award for information disclosure does not violate public policy because contractual duty to inform outweighs privilege against self-incrimination
GAD 2025, 1
Keywords: Domestic arbitral award on agreed terms, declaration of enforceability, public policy, privilege against self-incrimination ("nemo tenetur-Grundsatz"), contractual duty to inform, legal interest ("Rechtsschutzbedürfnis") for application to set aside an arbitral award
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Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt sheds light on the demarcation of jurisdiction between state courts and arbitral tribunals, upholding the German courts’ strict approach to waiving a form requirement
GAD 2024, 10
Keywords: Inadmissibility of arbitration proceedings, conflict of jurisdiction clauses, interpretation of a jurisdiction clause not expressly giving jurisdiction to state courts; requirements for waiver of a formal requirement by implied, form-free agreement
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In dubio pro arbitration: Highest Regional Court of Bavaria clarifies that expert determination clauses do not render arbitral proceedings inadmissible
GAD 2024, 9
Keywords: Arbitral proceedings, determination of inadmissibility, arbitration clause, expert determination clause, admissibility of arbitral proceedings
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With reference to the "Achmea Decision" of the European Court of Justice: No declaration of enforceability for cost decisions in arbitral awards based on arbitration agreements that are invalid under EU law
GAD 2024, 8
Keywords: Foreign arbitral award, cost decision, declaration of enforceability, recognition, invalid arbitration agreement, arbitration clause, violation of EU law, Achmea, lack of jurisdiction, objection, good faith, preliminary ruling, application and interpretation of EU law
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Higher Regional Court of Berlin (KG) confirms inadmissibility of intra-EU arbitration proceedings under the Energy Charter Treaty and broad scope of application of Section 1032(2) German Code of Civil Procedure (ZPO)
GAD 2024, 7
Keywords: Inadmissibility of intra-EU investment arbitration, declaration on the admissibility of arbitration by German courts, scope of application of Section 1032(2) German Code of Civil Procedure (ZPO)
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German Federal Court of Justice bolsters the principle of "révision au fond", confirming that the allegedly wrongful consideration of evidence does not preclude the recognition of foreign arbitral awards
GAD 2024, 6
Keywords: Foreign arbitral award, declaration of enforceability, right to be heard, public policy, "révision au fond", China, New York Convention, arbitration agreement, grounds for refusal
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No German anti-anti-suit injunction to protect foreign arbitration proceedings or assets abroad
GAD 2024, 5
Keywords: Anti-anti-suit-injunction, Russian court's anti-suit-injunction, international jurisdiction, access to justice
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"Signature could not be obtained" – but arbitral award is valid
GAD 2024, 4
Keywords: Form requirements, signature of award, omission of signature, obstructive arbitrator
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Higher Regional Court of Cologne recognises and declares enforceable Swiss arbitral award based on arbitration agreement concluded under apparent authority
GAD 2024, 3
Keywords: Foreign arbitral awards, Switzerland, recognition and enforcement proceedings, grounds for refusal, New York Convention, arbitration agreement, conflict of laws, unauthorised agents, apparent authority, right to be heard, public policy, international sale of goods, CISG
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Highest Regional Court of Bavaria confirms restrictive approach of German courts to public policy violations deciding on virtual hearings and contractual penalties
GAD 2024, 2
Keywords: Foreign arbitral award, declaration of enforceability, public policy, révision au fond, wrong decision, contractual penalty, right to be heard, possibility of objection, postponement of hearing, video conference
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Berlin court confirms binding nature of arbitration agreement in sanctions-related dispute with Russian party
GAD 2024, 1
Keywords: Contract termination, Russian sanctions, Russian Code of Commercial Procedure, declaration of admissibility of arbitral proceedings, anti-suit injunction, Hague Service Convention, public service
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