Summary: The appellant challenged a Swedish arbitral award, alleging that an arbitrator’s consultancy work raised doubts as to his impartiality in violation of Section 8 of the Swedish Arbitration Act. The appellant alleged that the arbitrator had been an employee of the law firm representing...
Summary: The appellant requested the Supreme Court of Sweden to lift the confiscation of documents ordered by the Svea Court of Appeal under the Swedish Act on International Legal Assistance in Criminal Cases (SFS 2000:562). The Supreme Court found that Section 19 of the said act allows for...
Summary: The appellant appealed the court of appeal’s ruling and requested that a foreign arbitral award be refused enforcement due to, inter alia, lack of an arbitration agreement. The Supreme Court of Sweden explained that the arbitral tribunal is best positioned to decide its own...
Summary: The appellant objected to the creditors’ right to be determined by way of arbitration proceedings, alleging that the arbitration clause did not bind the creditors as it had been agreed prior to the bankruptcy. The Supreme Court of Sweden found that the fact that the Swedish Arbitration...
Summary: The appellant sought recovery of costs incurred through court proceedings to enforce a foreign arbitral award. The Supreme Court of Sweden noted that, although the Swedish Arbitration Act does not expressly allow a party to recover costs associated with enforcement proceedings, the...
Summary: The appellant requested a court order under the 1929 Swedish Arbitration Act (the “1929 Act”) while the arbitration proceeding was ongoing, seeking compensation for paying the counterparty’s half of the advance on costs. The Supreme Court of Sweden noted that neither the 1929 Act nor...
Symmary: The appellant challenged a Swedish arbitral award, alleging that it had rightfully terminated the arbitration clause due to the counterparty’s breach of an implied obligation of confidentiality in the clause. The appellant alleged that by releasing a preliminary award from the tribunal...
Summary: The appellant challenged a Swedish arbitral award under Section 21 of the 1929 Swedish Arbitration Act (the “1929 Act”), alleging that the tribunal committed an error that affected the outcome of the case by dismissing her set-off defense and denying her request to withhold her claimed...
Summary: The appellant initiated court proceedings in the district court, seeking recovery for a defective ship engine. The counterparty challenged the court proceedings, asserting that the appellant was bound by two arbitration clauses through contract succession and that the case should be...
Summary: The appellant alleged that a binding arbitration agreement did not exist between the parties and that the case should therefore be remanded to the district court for decision. The appellant argued that the counterparty’s reference to standard trade terms, which contained the...
Summary: The appellant requested the Supreme Court of Sweden to unenforce an ICC award rendered in France, maintaining that parallel challenge proceedings commenced in France rendered the award unenforceable in Sweden. The appellant alleged that due to the challenge proceedings the award had not...