- •30 March – 5 april
- •Table of contents
- •Index of Authorities......................................................................................................... I
- •Index of Cases & Awards............................................................................................... V
- •I. The nature of the relationship between dr. Mercado and the presiding arbitrator gives rise to a conflict of interest and dr. Elisabeth mercado is to be dismissed from this arbitration
- •VII. Claimant is under no obligation to restitute full damages under article 74 cisg on the strength of dispositive construction of this article.
- •Index of authorities, cases and awards
- •Abbreviations
- •Statement of facts
- •Summary of arguments
- •Arguments
- •I. The nature of the relationship between dr. Mercado and the presiding arbitrator gives rise to a conflict of interest and dr. Elisabeth mercado is to be dismissed from this arbitration
- •II. It is legally possible to remove Dr. Mercado from the present arbitration.
- •III. If claimant does not agree to remove dr. Mercado we are, indeed, forced to challenge the presiding arbitrator.
- •IV. The respondent did not breach the contract fundamentally
- •V. Respondent should be excused from liability under the article 79 due to impossibility to overcome and foresee the impediment
- •VI. Respondent should be excused from liability under the article 79 (2)
- •VII. Claimant is under no obligation to restitute full damages under article 74 cisg on the strength of dispositive construction of this article.
VII. Claimant is under no obligation to restitute full damages under article 74 cisg on the strength of dispositive construction of this article.
A. General damages USD 448 000 are not come under repayment as normal compensatory damage.
B. Respondent does not have to cover damages caused by standard yacht broker commission of 15% for rental cost of M/S Pasifica Star, and USD 50 000 for yacht broker success fee which Claimant paid on top of the commission because they are unreasonable incidental damages.
Index of authorities, cases and awards
China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC ) Arbitration Rules (http://cn.cietac.org/rules/rules.pdf) –
CISG, United Nations Convention on the International Sale of Goods, Vienna, 1980 (http://www.cisg.law.pace.edu/cisg/text/treaty.html)
Code of Ethics for Arbitrators in Commercial Disputes (http://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/migrated/dispute/commercial_disputes.authcheckdam.pdf) -
IBBA Business Brokerage Standards (http://www.ibba.org/portals/0/pdf/IBBA%20Business%20Brokerage%20Standards.pdf)
International Bar Association - IBA Guidelines on Conflicts of Interest in International Arbitration (http://www.ibanet.org/ENews_Archive/IBA_July_2008_ENews_ArbitrationMultipleLang.aspx) –
UNCITRAL DIGEST ON PRECEDENT LAW, Commentaries to the article 74
UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration (http://www.uncitral.org/pdf/english/texts/arbitration/ml-arb/06-54671_Ebook.pdf)
UNITDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts (http://www.unidroit.org/english/principles/contracts/principles2004/integralversionprinciples2004-e.pdf)
Cases
Hrvatska Elektroprivreda DD v The Republic of Slovenia (ICSID Case No ARB/05/24) -
The Rompetrol Group NV v Romania (ICSID Case No ARB/06/3) -
Abbreviations
& and
/s/ signed
AA application for arbitration
A, art. Article
BGH Bundesgerichthof [Federal Supreme Court—Germany]
CIETAC China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission
CISG United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods of 11 April 1980
Cl. Ex. Claimant’s Exhibit
CLOUT case law of UNCITRAL texts
EWCA England and Wales Court of Appeal
GB Great Britain
i.e. id est [that is]
ICC International Chamber of Commerce
Inc. Incorporated
Ltd. Limited
No. number
p. page
P.O. Clarifications given by the President of the Tribunal in Procedural Order
Para paragraph
U.K. United Kingdom
UNCITRAL United Nations Commission on International Trade Law
UNCITRAL Model Law UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial
Arbitration of 1985
UNCTAD United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
USD United States Dollars