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BRITTANIA SAS v TONISOL S.A. (Supreme Court of Justice of Uruguay 843/2017)

Seat
France
  1. 5 February 2010France

    5 February 2010France

    Paris Arbitration Chamber award dated 5 February 2010

    Paris Arbitration Chamber

    Decision summary
    The Paris Arbitration Chamber awarded Brittania SAS EUR 37,535.32 against Tonisol S.A. for failing to deliver merchandise under the parties' international sale contract.

    Supporting details

    4 participants
    Brittania SAS
    Representative
    Gilbert Deniel (For: Brittania SAS)
    Tonisol S.A.
    Representative
    Gastón Farraco (For: Tonisol S.A.)
    Paris Arbitration Chamber

    7 years, 8 months and 4 days later · 2803 days

  2. 9 October 2017Uruguay

    9 October 2017Uruguay

    Final judgment of the Supreme Court of Justice (Uruguay) in IUE 1-81/2016 dated 9 October 2017

    Supreme Court of Justice (Uruguay)

    Case no.
    IUE: 1-81/2016
    Citation
    Supreme Court of Justice (Uruguay), Final Judgment No. 843/2017, 9 October 2017, IUE: 1-81/2016
    Decision summary
    The Supreme Court of Justice dismissed Brittania SAS's application to recognize and enforce in Uruguay the Paris Arbitration Chamber award of 5 February 2010. Although the court found that most requirements were met, it held that the arbitration agreement was not signed by Tonisol S.A. and that Tonisol's consent to arbitration was not otherwise clear, manifest, and unequivocal.

    Supporting details

    7 authorities · 2 participants
    Brittania SAS
    Tonisol S.A.
    Supreme Court of Justice (Uruguay)

    Authorities cited

    7
    • Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (New York, 1958)
      statute
    • Uruguayan General Code of Procedure (C.G.P., Articles 537–543)
      statute
    • Uruguayan Law No. 15.229 (Law No. 15.229)
      statute
    • Cecilia Fresnedo de Aguirre, analysis of the 1958 New York Convention in Uruguayan private international law (Cecilia Fresnedo de Aguirre, Revista Uruguaya de Derecho Internacional Privado, Year III, No. 3, FCU, Montevideo, 1999, p. 148)
      academic
    • Supreme Court of Justice (Uruguay), Judgment No. 503/2013 (Judgment No. 503/2013)
      case-law
    • Supreme Court of Justice (Uruguay), Judgment No. 41/2004 (Judgment No. 41/2004)
      case-law
    • Supreme Court of Justice (Uruguay), Judgment No. 85/2008 (Judgment No. 85/2008)
      case-law

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