- OLG Stuttgart: By challenging only the contract conclusion in arbitration, the respondent does not preserve jurisdictional defenses for recognition and enforcement proceedings
Higher Regional Court of Stuttgart (Oberlandesgericht Stuttgart, OLG Stuttgart), 8 October 2025, Case No. 21 Sch 4/25
GAD 2025, 33 - Higher Regional Court of Cologne affirms enforceability of Dutch arbitral awards in Germany
Higher Regional Court of Cologne (Oberlandesgericht Köln), 19 January 2023, Case No. 19 Sch 10/23
GAD 2025, 32 - German Federal Court of Justice on the Scope of Arbitration Agreements in Case of Assigned Claims, and the Simultaneous Possibility of Raising the Arbitration Objection in State Court Proceedings (Sec. 1032(1) ZPO) as well as Filing an Application under Sec. 1032(2) ZPO
German Federal Court of Justice (BGH), 6 November 2025, Case No. I ZB 33/25
GAD 2025, 31 - Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt am Main rejects application to terminate arbitrators' mandate for alleged failure to perform functions within a reasonable time; Section 1038 ZPO applies only in exceptional cases
Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt am Main (OLG Frankfurt am Main), 22 July 2025, Case No. 32 SchH 3/25
GAD 2025, 30 - Highest Regional Court of Bavaria affirms validity and arbitrability of broad arbitration clause in medical partnership dispute
Highest Regional Court of Bavaria (Bayerisches Oberstes Landesgericht, BayObLG), 25 July 2025, Case No. 101 SchH 48/25 e
GAD 2025, 29 - 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
Highest Regional Court of Bavaria (Bayerisches Oberstes Landesgericht, BayObLG), 7 May 2025, Case No. 101 Sch 25/23 e
GAD 2025, 28 - 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
Higher Regional Court of Cologne (Oberlandesgericht Köln), 17 February 2025, Case No. 19 Sch 24/24
GAD 2025, 27 - 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
Higher Regional Court of Cologne (Oberlandesgericht Köln), 13 December 2024, Case No. 19 Sch 11/24
GAD 2025, 26
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