Arbitral Digest

Matter

A. in L. (Latvia) v F. limited liability company in K. — enforcement of foreign arbitral award (Supreme Court of Poland II CSKP 2065/22)

A foreign arbitral award and its Polish recognition proceedings concerned payment claims and assignment, with the Supreme Court remitting the case over proof of the arbitration agreement.

  • International commercial arbitration
  • Recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards
  • Jurisdiction and arbitration agreements

Procedural record

  1. 21 June 2016Arbitration

    21 June 2016Arbitration

    Foreign arbitral award issued on 21 June 2016, point 56

    Decision summary
    The award ordered F. limited liability company in K. to pay specified amounts to A. in L. (Latvia).

    Participants

    A. in L. (Latvia)
    F. limited liability company in K.

    5 years and 9 days later · 1835 days

  2. 30 June 2021Poland

    30 June 2021Poland

    Order of the Kraków Court of Appeal in case I AGo 16/20 dated 30 June 2021

    Kraków Court of Appeal

    Case no.
    I AGo 16/20
    Decision summary
    The Kraków Court of Appeal dismissed K. in K. (Ukraine)'s application to declare the foreign arbitral award enforceable for the applicant as assignee, holding that the assignment agreement did not contain officially certified signatures sufficient to prove the applicant's legal succession.

    Participants

    K. in K. (Ukraine)
    F. limited liability company in K.
    Kraków Court of Appeal

    3 years, 10 months and 23 days later · 1423 days

  3. 23 May 2025Poland

    23 May 2025Poland

    Order of the Supreme Court of Poland, Civil Chamber in case II CSKP 2065/22 dated 23 May 2025

    Supreme Court of Poland, Civil Chamber

    Case no.
    II CSKP 2065/22
    Decision summary
    The Supreme Court quashed the Kraków Court of Appeal's order dismissing K. in K. (Ukraine)'s application to declare the foreign arbitral award enforceable and remanded the matter for reconsideration, including the costs of the cassation proceedings and curator remuneration. It held that a legal successor of an arbitral party may apply for recognition or enforceability of a foreign arbitral award and may prove the succession under general evidentiary rules, without the documentary restrictions in Article 788 § 1 of the Polish Code of Civil Procedure.

    Participants

    K. in K. (Ukraine)
    F. limited liability company in K.
    Supreme Court of Poland, Civil Chamber
    Judge
    Grzegorz Misiurek
    Judge
    Paweł Grzegorczyk
    Judge
    Karol Weitz
    Other
    Court Reporter
    Tomasz Kawczyński

    Authorities cited

    8
    • Convention on the law applicable to contractual obligations of 19 June 1980
      statute
    • Regulation (EC) No 593/2008 of 17 June 2008 on the law applicable to contractual obligations
      statute
    • Polish Act of 4 February 2011 on Private International Law
      statute
    • Polish Code of Civil Procedure
      statute
    • Supreme Court judgment of 1 March 1934, C. II. 34/33, Zb. Orz. 1934, item 607 (C. II. 34/33, Zb. Orz. 1934, item 607)
      case
    • Supreme Court judgment of 8 February 1935, C. III. 778/34, Zb. Orz. 1935, item 430 (C. III. 778/34, Zb. Orz. 1935, item 430)
      case
    • Supreme Court resolution of 5 May 1951, C. 689/50, OSN 1952 no. 1, item 3 (C. 689/50, OSN 1952 no. 1, item 3)
      case
    • Supreme Court resolution of 14 June 2019, III CZP 4/19, OSNC 2020 no. 3, item 26 (III CZP 4/19, OSNC 2020 no. 3, item 26)
      case

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