International Commercial Arbitration SEMINAR ISSUES Arbitration and courts Nguyen Manh Dzung, MCIArb LLM in International & Comparative Dispute Resolution (QMUL) Managing Partner of Dzungsrt & Associates Vice President of Pacific International Arbitration Center (PIAC) Hà Nội - 15/11/2010 THEMATIC COURSE OUTLINE General Approach to Court Involvement Specific Areas of Court Involvements 2.1 Proceedings concerning Validity of the Arbitration Agreement 2.2 Anti-suit Injunctions (a) Injunctions restraining arbitration proceedings (b) Injunctions restraining parallel court proceedings 2.3 The Role of the Court before the Tribunal is Established 2.4 Proceedings in relation to the Composition of the Arbitration Tribunal 2.5 Court Involvement during the Arbitration Proceedings (a) Assistance in the taking evidence (b) Interim relief (c) Extension of time limits (d) Preliminary determination of questions of law 2.6 Court Involvement after the Award has been rendered: Challenge, Appeal and Enforcement Questions? • When should a court stay proceedings before it in favour of arbitration? Give examples and cases Can, or should, a court order the parties to arbitrate? • Describe the circumstances in which a court can (and should) intervene in the arbitral process to assist and enforce the authority of the arbitrators • What is the inherent conflict between national courts and arbitration and how can this conflict be overcome? • (a) A contract, of which the proper law was English, contained an ICC arbitration clause but no express choice of place An application was brought before the English court to extend the time for starting the arbitration Could or should the English judge entertain the application? If she did decide she had jurisdiction, would she take account of English precedents decided under the Arbitration Act? • (b) What would be the position if the contract in question was to be governed by French law but the arbitration was to be held in London under the LCIA rules? Most important materials New York Convention 1958 Uncitral Model Law Ordinance on Commercial Arbitration of Vietnam in 2003 Law on Commercial Arbitration in 2010 Uncitral Arbitration Rules ICC Rules of Arbitration VIAC Arbitration rules PIAC Rules of Arbitration English materials • * Gary Born, International Commercial Arbitration – Commentary and Materials, The Hague (Transnational Publishers / Kluwer Law International 2nd Edition) 2001 • * Thomas Carbonneau, Cases and Materials on Commercial Arbitration and Documentary Supplement, 3rd edition (Juris Publishing) 2003 • * Thomas Carbonneau, Law and Practice of Arbitration (Juris Publishing) 2003 • * W Lawrence Craig, William W Park & Jan Paulson, International Chamber of Commerce Arbitration, 3rd edition, Dobbs Ferry / NY (Oceana) 2000 • ** Fouchard, Gaillard, Goldman on International Commercial Arbitration (ed by Emmanuel Gaillard and John Savage), Kluwer Law International 1999 • ** Julian D M Lew, ed Contemporary Problems in International Arbitration, London (CCLS, now Kluwer) 1986 • *** Julian D M Lew, Loukas A Mistelis and Stefan Kröll, Comparative International Commercial Arbitration, Kluwer Law International 2003 ã ** Jean-Franỗois Poudret et Sébastien Besson, Droit comparé de l’arbitrage international, (Bruylant, LGDJ & Schulthess 2002) • ** Alan Redfern & Martin Hunter with Nigel Blackaby and Constantine Partasides, Law and Practice of International Commercial Arbitration (Sweet & Maxwell 4th edi-tion) 2004 • * W Michael Reismann, W Laurence Craig, William W Park & Jan Paulsson, Interna-tional Commercial Arbitration, Cases, Materials and Notes on the Resolution of International Business Disputes (Foundation Press) 1997 • * Petar Šarčević, (ed.), Essays on International Commercial Arbitration (Graham & Trotman / Martinus Nijhoff) 1989 • * Tibor Várady, John J Barceló, III, Arthur T von Mehren, International Commercial Arbitration – A Transnational Perspective, St Paul, Minn (West Group – American Casebook Series, 2nd edition) 2002 Vietnamese materials • • • • • • • • • • • Giải tranh chấp kinh tế đường trọng tài/ Đặng Thị Bích Liễu.- Nxb Chính trị quốc gia, 1998 Đào Văn Hội Hoàn thiện pháp luật giải tranh chấp kinh tế nước ta Nxb Giáo duc 2004 Công nhận thi hành định trọng tài thương mại Việt Nam / Nguyễn Trung Tín - Nxb Tư pháp, 2005 Trọng tài thương mại Việt Nam tiến trình đổi : Sách tham khảo / Dương Văn Hậu - Nxb Chính trị Quốc gia, 1999 Hoàn thiện pháp luật tài phán kinh tế Việt Nam : Luận án TS Luật học: 5.05.15 / Nguyễn Thị Hoài Phương - H., 2007 Hoàn thiện pháp luật trọng tài thương mại Việt Nam điều kiện hội nhập quốc tế: Luận án TS Luật học: 62.38.50.01 / Nguyễn Đình Thơ - H., 2007 Tranh chấp từ hợp đồng xuất nhập khẩu, án lệ trọng tài kinh nghiệm: Sách tham khảo / Hồng Ngọc Thiết - Nxb Chính trị Quốc gia, 2002 Kinh nghiệm thực tế giải tranh chấp hợp đồng Thương mại - Hàng hải : Sách tham khảo bổ trợ kiến thức thương mại / Nguyễn Chúng - Nxb Chính trị Quốc gia, 2005 Xây dựng hồn thiện chế giải tranh chấp kinh tế doanh nghiệp có vốn dầu tư nước ngồi Việt Nam: Luận án TS Luật học : 5.05.15 / Phan Thị Hương Thuỷ - H., 2002 50 phán trọng tài quốc tế chọn lọc Hà Nội 2002 Trung tâm Trọng tài quốc tế Việt Nam xuất Trọng tài phương thức giải tranh chấp lựa chọn - giải tranh chấp thương mại nào? Trung tâm trọng tài quốc tế Việt Nam dịch xuất 2008 Thank you for your kind attention! Dzungsrt & Associates Unit 901, HAREC Building No 4A Lang Ha Str, Ba Đinh Dist, Ha Noi city Tel (84-4) 3772 6970 / Fax (84-4) 3772 6971 Email dzung.nguyen@dzungsrt.com Web www.dzungsrt.com Pacific International Arbitration Center– PIAC No 11A Phan Ke Binh str, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City Tel (84-8) 3911 8048/ Fax (84-8) 3911 8049 Email dzung.nguyen@piac.com.vn Web www.piac.com.vn – www.piac.vn ... circumstances in which a court can (and should) intervene in the arbitral process to assist and enforce the authority of the arbitrators • What is the inherent conflict between national courts and arbitration. .. Commercial Arbitration – Commentary and Materials, The Hague (Transnational Publishers / Kluwer Law International 2nd Edition) 2001 • * Thomas Carbonneau, Cases and Materials on Commercial Arbitration. .. International Chamber of Commerce Arbitration, 3rd edition, Dobbs Ferry / NY (Oceana) 2000 • ** Fouchard, Gaillard, Goldman on International Commercial Arbitration (ed by Emmanuel Gaillard and