The SCC Arbitral Awards contains the text of all arbitral awards from the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce that have been previously published in the Stockholm Arbitration Report (SAR) between 1999 and 2003.
This is the only source for SCC Arbitral Awards!
The awards are subject to commentary by leading authorities including distinguished arbitrators, lawyers, justices and other legal professionals. The extracts from the arbitral awards provide indispensable and extremely helpful insights into the attitudes of tribunals on arbitration matters and arbitral awards worldwide. This publication is essential for the practitioner and the legal professional who needs to be up to date on key arbitration issues involving SCC arbitration in particular but also arbitration in general as well.
FOREWORD
I. SCC case 17/1997
Subject-matters:
(1) Jurisdiction; interpretation of contract under Swedish law.
(2) Validity of assignment and the right of assumed assignee
[Claimant] to rely on the arbitration clause.
(3) Can a third party beneficiary rely on the arbitration clause in an agreement
to which it is not a party?
(4)Reduction of the claimed legal expenses.
Observations By John Kadelburger
II. SCC case 19/1997
Subject-matters:
(1) Is the
(2) Refusal by a party to participate in the proceedings.
(3) Value added tax on the arbitrators’ fee.
Observations by Guillermo Aguilar Alvarez
III. SCC case 99/1997
Subject-matters:
(1) Conformity of delivered goods (quality complaints).
(2) May prolongation of the delivery term in the issued letter of credit beyond the dates
stated in the contract be interpreted as extension granted to the seller for delivery?
(3) Who is to bear the costs of arbitration as between the parties, when both parties’ claims
were satisfied in part?
Observations by Sarah Francois-Poncet
Subject-matters:
(1) Bankruptcy of Respondent during the arbitration. Non-binding effect of the award
under Finnish law.
(2) Discontinuance of the arbitration.
Observations by Sigvard Jarvin
Observations by Carita Wallgren & Bernt Juthstrom
Subject-matters:
(1) Applicable law.
(2) Contradictory provisions in the contract regarding technical specifications.
Non-conformity of goods delivered.
(3) Contractual provision depriving the buyer of its remedies against the seller’s
breach of contract.
(4) The Vienna Sales Convention, article 74, and right to set-off.
Observations by Ivan Zykin
VI. SCC case 108/1997
Subject-matters:
(1) Law applicable to the obligation to arbitrate.
(2) Whether, because of its conduct, a parent company is considered party to
an arbitration agreement concluded by its subsidiary.
(3) Liability for arbitration costs in a parallel arbitration.
Observations by Michael S. Walker
Subject-matters:
(1) Trading in Russian securities; failure by trader to comply with client’s instructions;
client’s identity and validity of instructions questioned.
(2) Does deposit of securities with a public notary constitute discharge under Article
327 of the Russian Civil Code?
(3) Applicable law: Russian or Swedish?
(4) Does a penalty clause relating to late payment apply in lieu of or in
addition to default interest provisions under Swedish law?
Observations by John Kadelburger
VIII. SCC case 34/1998
Subject-matters:
(1) Ex parte award.
(2) Law applicable to the interest rate; What rate applies if the banking rate
relied upon "presently varies between 13 and 18 percent"?
(3) Claimed legal expenses reduced.
Observations by Ivan Zykin
Subject-matters:
(1) No oral hearing held.
(2) Interest rate on overdue payment;
Starting point for calculating interest on over due amount.
(3) Moratorium decreed by the Central Bank of
(4) Reduction of attorneys fees.
Observations by Gerald Aksen
X. SCC case 53/1998
Subject-matters:
(1) Arbitrability of tax issues.
(2) Liability to compensate for VAT for services rendered by a foreign company
on Russian territory.
(3) Interest rate: alternative claims regarding the accrual dates.
Observations by Alexey Kostin
XI. SCC cases 80/1998 and 81/1998
Subject-matters:
(1) Applicable choice-of-law rules to determine the governing law in a sale
of goods contract.
(2) Applicable law to the arbitration agreement.
Observations by David Goldberg
Subject-matters:
(1) Claimants’ legal capacity and proper representation; whether a consortium is a party.
(2) Whether the arbitral tribunal has jurisdiction to consider the case
on its merits when, in accordance with the arbitration clause, adjudication
shall precede arbitration.
Observations by M.I.M. Aboul-Enein
Subject-matters:
(1) Introduction of a new party in the arbitration. The seller requested
to introduce as party the manufacturer of the goods who had signed a
modification to the agreement, but not the original agreement.
(2) Availability of separate award and dissenting opinion under the SCC Rules.
(3) Applicable law. Whether a stipulation in the contract takes over the CISG.
Observations by Alain Prujiner
Observations by Christophe Imhoos
Subject-matters:
(1) Applicable law for deciding the arbitrators’ competence.
(2) Does an arbitration agreement between a creditor and a debtor extend
to a pledgee to whom the creditor has pledged its claims?
Observations by David
Observations by Annette Magnusson
Subject-matter:
Applicable law to the dispute; application of Article 24(1) of the Rules
of the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce.
Observations by Herbert Kronke
Observations by Juan Fernandez-Armesto
Subject-matters:
(1) Whether a contract for the packing and transport of industrial equipment
provided for a fixed or variable price.
(2) When the freight increases due to an increase in the volume of the cargo,
who shall bear the risk for such increase?
(3) Duty of a carrier to notify the customer in the event of expected increase of costs for the transportation.
Observations by Patrik Lindfors & Mika Savola
Observations by Jakob Heidbrink
Subject-matters:
(1) Invalidity of a contract under the Swedish doctrine of assumptions (förutsättningsläran).
(2) Liability for damages following the invalidity of a contract by
virtue of the doctrine of assumptions.
Observations by Gustaf Moller
Observations by Jan Ramberg
Subject-matter:
Issue of lis pendens.
Observations by Bruno Leurent
XIX.SCC case 129/2000
Subject-matters:
(1) Party succession and choice of applicable law to decide who are the parties to the agreement.
(2) Choice of applicable law to decide the costs.
Observations by Carita Wallgren & Helle Lindegaard
Observations by Eric M. Runesson & Mikael Swahn
XX. SCC case 133/2000
Subject-matter:
(1) Ambiguous arbitration clause.
Observations by Alexey Kostin
XXI. SCC case 7/2001
Subject-matters:
(1) Letter of credit and unjust enrichment - whether the purchaser had
fulfilled its obligations concerning payment under the contract by obtaining
the letter of credit.
(2) Invalidity of contract - whether the contract was duly signed and dealt
with past events.
(3) Calculation of interest.
Observations by Michael Pryles
Observation by Jon Stokholm
XXII. SCC case 9/2001
Subject-matters:
(1) Bringing a third party into the arbitration proceedings.
(2) Admissibility of a claim of alleged fraud.
Observations by Bernard Hanotiau
XXIII. SCC case 45/2001
Subject-matters:
(1) Ex parte award.
(2) Jurisdiction of the arbitrator over the end user where
the contract had been signed by the end user’s agent. Applicable
law to decide this issue.
(3) Foreign trade agency relationship in Chinese law. The Chinese Foreign Trade
Agency System Tentative Provisions (the "Tentative Provisions") of
Observations by Xing Xiusong & He Xiaoli
Subject-matters:
(1) Power of the Arbitral Tribunal to grant interim measures under the SCC Rules.
(2) Applicable law to the merits and to a retention of title clause.
(3) Enforcement of retention of title clause under Uzbek law.
(4)Right to restitution of delivered goods under Uzbek law.
Observations by Fernando Pombo
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