Cassation seminar: The dutch supreme court and arbitration

In the past few years, the Dutch Supreme Court has issued around forty judgments on arbitration and given clarity on some subtopics. However, many questions have been and are still unanswered. We hosted the Cassation Seminar on Tuesday 16 May: The Dutch Supreme Court and Arbitration.

During the first part of the Cassation Seminar, we focused on two subtopics on which the Supreme Court has shed some light: the arbitration agreement and the doctrine of res judicata.

In the second part of the meeting, a panel discussion with speakers from the arbitration practice, the judiciary and the academic world elaborated on this. We also focused on matters that are still very unclear, such as the content of the public order concept (e.g. corruption and fraud). The way in which these issues should be viewed may have a major impact on arbitration being attractive or not in the Netherlands and the EU. What can be deduced from the delineations the Dutch Supreme Court has made in this respect, and which points require further clarification? How much direction can and should we expect from the Dutch Supreme Court?

Please contact Giovana van den Bighelaar for more information on this event.

Language: Dutch.