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Spanish court seeks Japanese judicial assistance to secure a Zurbarán painting allegedly exported illegally
A Spanish court is trying to get back a valuable painting by Zurbarán („Santo Domingo de Guzmán“) that’s now on display at a museum in Tokyo, because they believe it was illegally taken out of Spain without an export permit. The case stems from a family dispute. Several relatives allegedly held onto the painting under […]
Russian Courts Take Contrasting Approaches to Geneva ICC Clauses Under Sanctions
Not all ICC-arbitration clauses are disregarded by Russian courts Two Russian courts were recently seized with the question whether an ICC-arbitration with seat in Geneva is an obstacle to proceedings on the merits in Russian. The one court (St. Petersburg) referred the Finnish claimant to arbitration in Geneva against the Russian defendant, the other (AS […]
