Enforcement Of Foreign Arbitral Awards In Nepal: A Jurisdictional Guide (2025)

Nepal is a party to the 1958 New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (“New York Convention”), having acceded in 1998 with both reciprocity and commercial reservations. Under the Arbitration Act, 1999 as amended by the 2025 Ordinance (“Arbitration Act”), Nepalese courts recognize and enforce foreign arbitral awards rendered in commercial matters, provided certain statutory and procedural conditions are fulfilled.

While procedural reforms in recent years have improved the enforceability of […]

By | February 17th, 2025 ||

Balancing Public Policy Considerations And The Recognition Of Foreign Judgments

The Supreme Court recently delivered its judgment in Scully v Coucal Limited [2025] IESC 20, finding that the public policy exception to enforcement of foreign judgments under Article 45(1)(a) of Brussels I Regulation (Recast) (Brussels Recast) should be confined to special and exceptional cases.

A Polish judgment obtained by Coucal Limited (Appellant) on foot of an assignment of a bare cause of action, valid under Polish law, was found to be enforceable under Irish law. This was […]

By | February 7th, 2025 ||

China: First Cases In 2025: U.S. Courts Recognized CIETAC Arbitral Awards

On January 30, 2025, two arbitral awards issued under the auspices of the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC) were recognized by the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California and the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. This marked the first time U.S. courts granted recognition of CIETAC awards in 2025.

In both of these cases, the U.S. courts cited Section 207 of the U.S. Federal […]

By | February 5th, 2025 ||