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Key definition

Award definition

What does Award mean? In arbitration practice, an award is the arbitral tribunal’s written decision that determines the parties’ claims, defences and the relief granted. Legislation governs its effect and form in England & Wales and Northern Ireland (Arbitration Act 1996), Scotland (Arbitration (Scotland) Act 2010) and Ireland (Arbitration Act 2010 implementing the UNCITRAL Model Law). Key features commonly include: writing, signatures, the date, identification of the seat, and reasons unless the parties agree otherwise. An award is generally final and binding as to the matters decided, subject only to limited statutory challenges (for example, lack of jurisdiction, serious irregularity, and in England...

Enforcing International Arbitral Awards in Morocco: procedure, exequatur, grounds to resist, setting aside and appeals, and interim measures under Law 95-17 (2022) and the New York Convention

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Summary of enforcing Arbitration awards in Morocco

Morocco has been a signatory to the New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards since 1959.
The July 2011 Constitution states in its preamble that duly ratified international conventions, even without reciprocity, take precedence over domestic legislation.
The Dahir (Royal Decree) no. 1-22-34 of 23 Chaoual 1443 (9 December 2022) brought into force Law no. 95-17 on Arbitration and Mediation dated 24 May 2022 (the “new law”), repealing and replacing Law no. 08-05 of 30 September 2007 on arbitration.
Modelled on the UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration and influenced by French law, the new law also integrates numerous solutions arising from the Moroccan Supreme Court’s arbitration case law. Key aspects include:
- a defined separation between domestic and international arbitration;
- an express authorisation for the State and public entities to engage in arbitration for both domestic and international disputes;
- reduced formalities regarding the characterisation of the arbitration agreement; and
- parties are now able to commence an...

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Professor Ali Kairouani

Mohammed V University in Rabat

Ali Kairouani is Professor of International Law and arbitration at Mohammed V University in Rabat, Morocco. He has also taught at the EGE of Mohammed VI Polytechnic University and at the International University of Rabat. Between 2021 and 2024, he taught in the New Trends in International Law Masters programme at Hassan II University in Casablanca. He was a guest lecturer at the Palermo University Italy (2025), at ESAMI Trapca in Arusha (2024), at the African Development University in Niger (2023), at Ho Chi Minh University in Vietnam (2023) and at the Canadian Congress of International Law (2021). He continues to specialise in international Economic Law. He is an arbitrator within African continental Free Trade area and the African Court of International Arbitration and Mediation. He is also legal advisor to several public and private entities in the negotiation of...

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