Jurisdiction
Italy
Main legal proceedings and related events in Italy from 2017 to date.
2017
The Statis file an ex parte application before the Rome Court of Appeal for recognition and enforcement of the arbitral award in Italy.
2018
29 January 2018
The Rome Court of Appeal grants the Statis’ application for recognition and enforcement of the award in Italy.
14 May 2018
Kazakhstan files an opposition to the order recognizing and granting enforcement of the arbitral award in Italy, arguing, among other things, that it was obtained by fraud.
7 November 2018
Hearing in the Rome Court of Appeal.
2019
27 February 2019
Following a twenty-minute hearing, the Rome Court of Appeal rejects Kazakhstan’s arguments and declares that the arbitral award can be enforced in Italy.
14 May 2019
Kazakhstan files an appeal before the Supreme Court of Cassation.
2021
25 October 2021
An opinion filed by the Public Attorney before the Supreme Court, concludes for the rejection of RoK’s appeal.
2022
2 February 2022
The Italian Supreme Court upheld the Rome Court of Appeal’s decision of February 2019. The Rome Court of Appeal’s judgement was fully reliant on the Swedish Svea Court of Appeal’s decision to dismiss Kazakhstan’s petition to set aside the award – a move that the Belgian Court of Appeal judged to be ill-founded in its 22 November 2021 decision to set aside the award, finding that the Statis’ “deliberately misled the Swedish courts” and prevented them from “ruling on the matter on the basis of all the information and evidence available.”
