- German Federal Court of Justice refuses to enforce cost award in in intra-EU investment arbitration
German Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof, BGH), 27 March 2025, Case No. I ZB 64/24
GAD 2025, 18 - Highest Regional Court of Bavaria invalidates tacit arbitration agreement in the case of a farmer, while dismissing due process challenge
Highest Regional Court of Bavaria (Bayerisches Oberstes Landesgericht, BayObLG), 14 March 2025, Case No. 101 Sch 3/24 e
GAD 2025, 17 - The Highest Regional Court of Bavaria confirms that defects in the main contract do not invalidate arbitration clauses
Highest Regional Court of Bavaria (Bayerisches Oberstes Landesgericht, BayObLG), 5 June 2024, Case No. 102 SchH 42/24 e
GAD 2025, 16 - 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.
Higher Regional Court of Cologne (OLG Cologne), 17 November 2023, Case No. 19 Sch 4/23
GAD 2025, 15 - 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
German Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof, BGH), 23 January 2025, Case No. I ZB 42/24
GAD 2025, 14 - 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
German Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof, BGH), 5 February 2025, Case No. I ZB 78/24
GAD 2025, 13 - Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt harmonizes the procedural requirements for declaring foreign and domestic arbitral awards enforceable
Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt (Oberlandesgericht Frankfurt), 11 June 2024, Case No. 26 Sch 9/24
GAD 2025, 12 - 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
German Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof, BGH), 9 January 2025, Case No. I ZB 48/24
GAD 2025, 11 - Highest Regional Court of Bavaria reviews award regarding violation of public policy irrespective of acknowledgment by Respondent
Highest Regional Court of Bavaria (Bayerisches Oberstes Landesgerichts, BayObLG), 15 October 2024, Case No. 102 Sch 118/23 e
GAD 2025, 10 - The Highest Regional Court of Bavaria confirms high threshold for establishing a violation of the right to be heard in foreign arbitral proceedings
Highest Regional Court of Bavaria (Bayerisches Oberstes Landesgerichts, BayObLG), 15 January 2025, Case No. 102 Sch 250/23 e
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