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The Specificity Of Resorting To Arbitration In Financial Leasing Contracts In Palestine: A Comparative Study, Banan Tantour Mss., Dr. Amir Khalil

UAEU Law Journal

This study addresses the commercial arbitration in the financial leasing contracts in Palestine, and the study discusses the possibility of arbitration clause in financial leasing contracts and the importance of these clauses in such contracts in Palestine.

The study concluded that the arbitration clause is permissible in the financial leasing contracts however; there are some aspects in which arbitration are not permitted according to the Palestinian Law. The study also recommends that, the Palestinian legislator has to amend some articles in the financial leasing Act in particular article 6 of the Act and he could adopt the institutional arbitration as …

The Novelty In Terms Of Jurisdiction And Procedural System For The Enforcement Of Foreign Arbitration Awards In The United Arab Emirates, Prof. Sayed Mahmoud Ahmed, Dr. Mudhafar Jaber Al-Rawi

UAEU Law Journal

يجسد التنفيذ الاختياري والجبري غاية طلب التحكيم لكل من يحصل على حكم يحقق المراد من الدعوى التحكيمية. وفي نطاق أحكام التحكيم الأجنبية، فإن الترخيص بدون شروط أو قيود وطنية لتنفيذ أحكام التحكيم الأجنبية يؤدي إلى المساس بسيادة الدولة على إقليمها، لذا أصبح الأمر بالتنفيذ هو الأداة الرقابية القضائية التي يفرضها المشرع الوطني على إرادة الأطراف، فهي رقابة لاحقة على صدور حكم التحكيم – الوطني أو الدولي أو الأجنبي -حين يراد تنفيذه. ونظراً لتباين التشريعات الدولية والوطنية في شروط وإجراءات تنفيذ الاحكام التحكيمية الأجنبية فإن مشكلة الدراسة تكمن في معرفة أي النصوص الواجبة التطبيق لتقدير مدى توافر اختصاص وإجراءات استصدار الأمر …

The Power Of International Nationality Courts When Settling Foreign Investment Disputes, Dr. Ibrahim Refaat El Beherry

UAEU Law Journal

States shall be sovereign in determining their nationality in accordance with their economic and social policies and circumstances. However, when international courts decide matters relating to their personal competence in international disputes, they may be called upon to rule on preliminary matters such as nationality. However, when these tribunals confer jurisdiction on themselves by this mission, they enjoy a broad discretion based on the general principles of people’s law, treaty law, case law, doctrine and the principle of jurisdiction-jurisdiction in arbitral matters. However, the scope of this recognized power is limited and its authorized investiture must not exceed the primary …

Settlement Of Disputes Arising From Documentary Credit Under National And International Regulations, Dr. Hoda Magdy Nour

UAEU Law Journal

The need Settlement of disputes arising from bank credit between national and international rules, protecting the interests of the bank and ensuring its financial rights before the debtor.

As the Bank faces different technical and legal difficulties, as well as the multiplicity of legal adaptation, we deal with the rules governing banking accreditation from the point of pleadings law, and the methods of amicable settlement of these disputes and following, and compulsory execution.

International efforts are taking the lead in establishing the technical regulation of bank accreditation and setting rules "DOCDEX" in 1997, and the 2015 amendments, which still need …

Arbitration In Concluded Securities Exchange Trading Contracts Between The Financial Intermediary And The Investor In Light Of The Uae Law, Dr. Ramzi Madi, Samer Al-Maaytah

UAEU Law Journal

With the growing role of financial brokers in securities exchange trading operations in stock markets and their monopoly of buying and selling securities for the account of investors in the financial markets, this has led to the emergence of many disputes between financial brokers and their clients resulting from buying and selling orders for the purpose of concluding trading operations issued by the investor for financial intermediate.

Because of the technical nature of securities exchange trading operations, many countries have sought to find appropriate means to settle such disputes of a special nature, and found that arbitration is one of …

The Arbitration In Urgent Matters In Light Of The Comparative And The Uae Laws, Prof. Sayed Mahmoud Ahmed, Dr. Mahmoud Fayyad

UAEU Law Journal

The interim protection for legal rights is one of the methods of judicial protection that avoids the risk of delay in the implementation of the law and in providing objective protection for these rights and centers, as well as to preserve them from this risk by taking urgent, temporary or conservative measures by issuing judgments or orders. Therefore, the aim of this research is to answer the following questions: does the arbitrator have the right to consider interim requests to achieve this protection, and if yes what is the legal base of this authority? What are the authorities of the …

The Obligatory Nature Of Arbitration Awards And Their Implementation In National And International Arbitration Dr. George Hazbon Hazbon & Dr. Radwan Obaidat, George Hazboun

UAEU Law Journal

This research aimed to analyse the arbitration award in it's various natures to deal with the principle of resjudicate issue in the domestic arbitration, the foreign arbitration and the private international one. Also the research dealt with the exceptions to the principle in a comparative view, to focus finally on the possibility of considering an absolute effect of the principle besides the relative one.

The Judicial Control Of Arbitration In The Jordanian Law, Mohannad Azmi Abou-Moghli, Amjad Hamdan Juhani

UAEU Law Journal

This paper deals with the courts' supervision over the arbitration decision in the Jordanian Law in light of the New York Convention of 1958. The Courts' supervision consists of two forms: the supervision over the invalidation application of the arbitration decision and the supervision over the enforcement of the arbitration decision.

For this purpose, this paper was divided into two main sections in addition to an introductory section which dealt with the forms of cooperation between courts and arbitration. The first section discussed the invalidation suit of the arbitration decision while the second section dealt with its enforcement. Finally, the …

The Problem Of Enforcing Arbitral Awards An Analytical Study, Wafa Janahi

UAEU Law Journal

Despite efforts made to facilitate the enforcement of foreign arbitral awards internationally and the great success achieved by the New York Convention (1958) for the enforcement of foreign arbitral awards within contracting states’ territories, there remain issues that complicate the enforcement proceedings. Reliance on the national procedural rules for the enforcement of foreign awards, which vary in several aspects from one country to another, is one of the main issues that could undermine the effectiveness of arbitration. The problems that complicate the enforcement of foreign arbitral awards in national courts can be classified into two types: the first one can …

Writing Condition And Electronic Arbitration A Comparative Study, Ibrahim Sabri Al-Arnaout

UAEU Law Journal

This research is concerned with the issue of writing the arbitration agreement which is a formal condition required by the comparative legislation to conclude the arbitration agreement. Its purpose is to identify all the legal aspects of this condition and demonstrate its concept, nature and aspects. Then a question about the extent of the need for the traditional writing condition for the electronic arbitration agreement to be legal and correct is raised out with respect to showing the concept of this kind of arbitration. Namely, how the writing condition is satisfied within it and what the required conditions for the …

The Arbitration System In Dealing With Urgent Requests, Musaed Alenzi

UAEU Law Journal

Since the appearance of the arbitration system and its advantages, the state's monopoly of judiciary has retreated and the state ceded part of its general authority by allowing individuals and private entities to solve some of their disputes through ways they have consented to follow.

However, the state has still had urgent judiciary - beside the substantive judiciary – which guarantees quick and temporary solutions when imminent risk threatens their interests. As a result, the inquiry can be raised as whether the arbitrary judiciary has jurisdiction over disputes concerning imminent risks or not. After reviewing articles No. 173 – 188 …

The Legal Nature Of Arbitration Disputes In The Iraqi Market For Securities: A Comparative Study., Nasser Jalal, Zaala Said Yahya

UAEU Law Journal

Some Arab legislation pursues arbitration as a single machinery to resolve disputes arising in the stock markets. This includes the Temporary Law for Stock Markets of Iraq No. (74) issued in 2004, which dealt with arbitration as a key access to resolve disputes in the Iraqi Stock market. This trend has been addressed by the Arbitration Rules of Procedure of Iraqi Stock Market in 2008; the legislature believed in arbitration as a best approach to settle disputes which could arise either between brokers or between them and the dealers. This regulation raises several questions such as: is the nature of …

The Legal Nature Of Objection For Arbitration Agreement, Dr. Abdullah Abdul Rahman Al-Khatib

UAEU Law Journal

It is conceded that arbitration agreement prevents parties from filing their lawsuit before the courts. Thus, if one of the parties did not comply with this restriction and, nonetheless, resorted to the court, the respondent can preclude the claimant through an Objection to dismiss the case and refer the dispute to arbitration. The legal system in the UAE recognizes three types of objections, in which, each has its own provisions and rules. Non-observance of these rules may result in severe consequences to an extent the litigant’s right to insist it may be extinguished. As a result, it is imperative to …

Conflict Resolution From An Islamic Perspective: From Conflict Resolution To Diversity Management, Moh'd Naim Yassien, Eman Yassien

UAEU Law Journal

The paper discusses conflict resolution and management concepts provided earlier in literature. Then, using Islamic concepts and Guidance provided by the Quran, the paper shifts the perspective of conflict into a new dimension, considering diversity as the main root for our model. Diversity can be managed well to create synergy(Good outcome), or, if not managed properly, would drive to conflict which the author considers as the bad outcome of diversity , that is why the Quran regards conflict as the cause of failure. Finally, the paper introduces a new model for conflict management process based on Islamic concepts and the …

The Role Of Arbitration In Addressing The Economic Imbalance Of Investment Contracts" Part (I), Alaa El Tamimy Abdo

UAEU Law Journal

Part (1)

The investment thought, especially the foreign one, continued to take precautions and feared the risks associated with the investment in developing countries as a result of the legal instability in these countries (whether at the level of legislations or judicial decisions), national and sectarian conflicts, bureaucracy, rigidity of social structures, and lately the revolutionary movements that swept a number of Arab countries in recent times. Moreover, there are international factors that increased the severity of the aforementioned factors which had adverse effects on the investment projects and the movement of the international credit such as globalization, the information …

Role Of Arbitration In Treating The Economic Imbalance Of Investment Contracts (Part Two), Alaa El Tamimy Abdo

UAEU Law Journal

Abstract: (Part Two)

The Section II of this study was care to complete the practical side of the role of arbitration in the face of cases of economic imbalances to hold the investment, especially cases of force majeure and emergency conditions that would impede the contract for the interests of his parties, and that by showing the extent of the jurisdiction of the arbitral tribunal in exposure to these cases, and the nature of powers to amend the investment contract, if they occur.

In a related development, this study sought to shed light on the issues presented to the international …

Arbitration In Disputes Between Traders In The Jordanian National Capital Market, Murad Mahmoud Almawajdeh

UAEU Law Journal

The Jordanian legislator has adopted voluntary arbitration system as an alternative means for the state judiciary to resolve the disputes between the traders in the national capital market of Jordan. Parties often seek to resolve their disputes through arbitration because of a number of perceived potential advantages over judicial proceedings: arbitration is often faster than litigation in court, it can be cheaper and more flexible for businesses, and arbitral proceedings are generally non-public and can be made confidential.

So, we discussed in this research the legal provisions for arbitration in light of rules and regulations of the Amman Stock Exchange …

Legal Aspects Of Recognition By Virtue Of Electronic Arbitration In The 1958 New York Convention, Dr. Ziad Khalifa Al-Anzi, Abdullah Hamid Algoiri

UAEU Law Journal

The resolution instruments of e-commerce disputes and the e-arbitration have emerged and developed as the result of spreading of e-commerce. International conventions governing the arbitration have not kept pace with these developments. The Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards, also known as the "1958 New York Arbitration Convention", is the most important of these conventions. This convention deals with many legal problems of the use of electronic means of arbitration, including the requirement of traditional writing of the arbitration agreement, submitting of the original agreement certified by the competent authorities and the exchange of notifications and …

Remuneration Of The Arbitrators In International Commercial Arbitration: Arbitrators’Authority In Setting Their Fees And The Oversight Role Of The Judiciary, Mosleh Ahmad Tarawneh, Abdullah Aldmour

UAEU Law Journal

This article examines the nature and the enforceability of arbitrators’ authority in setting their fees. It seeks to identify the different methods, factors, determinants of calculating fees, and the guarantees that entitle them to meet these fees. The fundamental question is: Could the arbitrators force the parties to pay their fees by issuing an award against them? The Article will also examine the role of the national courts in setting or controlling the fees of the arbitrators and the advance payment of arbitration costs.

Keywords: International Commercial Arbitration, Arbitrators, Remuneration of the Arbitrators, Cost-control, Advance payment on Cost, Jordanian Arbitration …

The Invalidity Of The Arbitration Award In The Saudi Law, Hussein Shehada Al Hussein

UAEU Law Journal

The judicial ruling is issued by the judges of the State whom are appointed, after the verification of certain conditions on both personal and scientific sides. Despite their scientific and practical qualification, the judgments of the State's jurisdiction shall be subject to appeal according to the judicial system of each country, unlike the arbitration awards. It should be noted that most of the Arab arbitration laws do not stipulate conditions in the arbitrator related to the scientific field , where the illiterate person in some countries can be arbitrator, The arbitration Law in Saudi did not require that the arbitrator …

Maintaining The Attractiveness Of Arbitration In A Changing World: The Acica Arbitration Rules And The Siac Arbitration Rules, Gabriel Moens, Camilla Andersen, Tracy Albin

UAEU Law Journal

Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration – Singapore International Arbitration Centre – Arbitration – Emergency Arbitrator – Interim Measures of Protection – Consolidation – Joinder – Confidentiality – Experts – Mediation – Judicialization of Arbitration – Popularity of Arbitration This article reviews the revised arbitration rules adopted by the Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration and the Singapore International Arbitration Centre. The rules of these prominent arbitration institutions are described, analysed and compared with each other. The authors concentrate on the most important revisions, including those relating to emergency arbitrators, interim measures of protection, and consolidation and joinder, among others. …

The Means Of Settling Disputes In The Securities Market: A Comparative Study, Dr. Yasser Bassem Al-Sabawi

UAEU Law Journal

time being, one of the most important types of investments and the most important funding source for States. For the purpose of protecting investment and investors at the same time from the damage that may have been occurred as a result of speculation unlawful acts committed by speculators in the money market, the legislator has prohibited in most of the countries that organize this investment dealing with stock markets, only through the intermediary companies and they are joint stock companies called listed securities. The perception is that disputes may rise between the client and this type of companies, so it …

The Extent Of The Arbitrator's Immunity And Liability For His Faults: Analytical Study In The Saudi And French Legal Systems, Dr. Osman Murad Khalak

UAEU Law Journal

This study deals with the examination of the immunity of the arbitrator and his responsibility for his mistakes in the performance of the arbitration task towards the parties to the arbitration dispute, in the Saudi and French systems. The arbitration function requires that the arbitrator adjudicate the disputes before him under the arbitration agreement. He must therefore enjoy the same immunity as a judge in the exercise of his or her functions so that he or she can carry out all his responsibilities without any fear of being liable and raised by the parties to the dispute, especially if his …

A Review Of The Federal Legislature Approach On The Conclusion Of An Arbitration Agreement By A Minor Authorized To Manage Or Trade, Dr. Abdullah Abdul Rahman Al-Khatib

UAEU Law Journal

This article re-examines the position of the UAE law towards the arbitration agreement when being concluded by “permitted-minor of managing or trading”. The general rules of legal competency are that a “permitted-minor” shall be considered adult, i.e. a person with full capacity, with regards to legal issues within the boundaries of that permission. Thus, making their arbitration agreement valid and binding. This article provides a new perspective to such rule and a thorough examination justifies for a different opinion. It is well established that the authority bestowed by the Permission for Managing is not as wide as of the Permission …