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Uruguayan courts have successfully applied the New York Convention, and its text and spirit have been respected in all Supreme Court judgments. In this respect, Uruguay has followed its tradition of “pro-recognition and enforcement” of foreign awards. However, only six cases dealing with the recognition and enforcement of foreign awards have been decided since the Convention entered into force. This is likely due to the small number of international arbitrations involving Uruguayan parties or foreign companies with assets in Uruguay. As a result, the Convention’s application has not given rise to noteworthy difficulties problems and the Convention itself has not been the object of much criticism.
Dr. Paul F. Arrighi is Founding Partner of Arrighi Abogados.
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See Judgment No 161/2003 issued on 18 June 2003 by the 2nd Court of Appeals for Civil Matters; Judgment No 106/2007 issued on 16 May 2007 by the 7th Court of Appeals for Civil Matters; Judgment No 74/2011 issued on 23 February 2011 by the 1st Court of Appeals for Civil Matters; Judgment No 232/2013 issued on 18 December 2013 by the 6th Court of Appeals for Civil Matters; Judgment No 152/2014 issued on 20 August 2014 by the 2nd Court of Appeals for Civil Matters.
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Judgment No 41 issued on 18 February 2004 by the SCJ; Judgment No 106 issued on 21 July 2006 by the SCJ; Judgment No 85 issued on 9 May 2008 by the SCJ; Judgment No 791 issued on 7 September 2012 by the SCJ; Judgment No 503 issued on 30 October 2013 by the SCJ; Judgment No 555 issued on 11 November 2013 by the SCJ. PF Arrighi, “Reconocimiento y ejecución de laudos arbitrales extranjeros en Uruguay” in Tribuna del Abogado, no 186, enero-febrero (Colegio de Abogados del Uruguay, 2014) 9–13.
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Judgment No 154/2007 issued on 17 September 2007 by the SCJ.
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Judgment No 41 issued on 18 February 2004 by the SCJ (holding that “the arbitral tribunal was properly constituted, the respondent appointed its arbitrator and[,] as the arbitrators of both parties were unable to agree, the third arbitrator was appointed according to the Rules of the Chamber of Commerce of the Russian Federation. A plain reading of the award shows that the defendant not only appointed its arbitrator, but also appeared, tested various arguments, and[,] ultimately, it was condemned partially in an amount lower than the one claimed. So it has to be considered that the guarantees of due process were fulfilled.”).
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C Giuffra, Teoría y Práctica del Proceso Arbitral en el Código General del Proceso (Fundación de Cultura Universitaria, 2007) 11–12.
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Simeto Porras c Soluziona Uruguaya SA, Judgment No 3619 issued on 3 December 2003 by the 7th Court of Labor.
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A Landoni Sosa, “Eficacia de las Sentencias y Laudos Arbitrales Extranjeros” in Estudios sobre el Proceso de Ejecución en Homenaje a Enrique E Tarigo (Fundación de Cultura Universitaria, 2006) 305.
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A Landoni Sosa, “Eficacia de las Sentencias y Laudos Arbitrales Extranjeros” in Estudios sobre el Proceso de Ejecución en Homenaje a Enrique E Tarigo (Fundación de Cultura Universitaria, 2006) 305.
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C Fresnedo de Aguirre, Curso de Derecho Internacional Privado, Tomo I, Parte General, (Fundación de Cultura Universitaria, 2001) 259–260.
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PF Arrighi, “Jurisprudencia uruguaya actual de derecho internacional privado. Fallos de la Suprema Corte de Justicia. Ejecución de sentencias extranjeras” in Revista Uruguaya de Derecho Internacional Privado, año 4, no 4 (Fundación Cultura Universitaria, 2001) 156.
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Arrighi, P.F. (2017). Interpretation and Application of the New York Convention in Uruguay. In: Bermann, G. (eds) Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards. Ius Comparatum - Global Studies in Comparative Law, vol 23. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50915-0_43
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