MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY AND TRADE INDUSTRIAL UNIVERSITY OF HO CHI MINH CITY GROUP 2 PROS & CONS OF EACH RESOLUTION OF COMMERCIAL DISPUTE (ESSAY) HO CHI MINH CITY, 2023 MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY AND TRADE TRƯỜ[.]
Trang 1MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY AND TRADE INDUSTRIAL UNIVERSITY OF HO CHI MINH CITY
Trang 2MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY AND TRADE TRƯỜNG ĐẠI HỌC CÔNG NGHIỆP TP HỒ CHÍ MINH
PROS & CONS OF EACH RESOLUTION OF
COMMERCIAL DISPUTE
SUBJECT ESSAYS SPECIALIZED TERMINOLOGY ECONOMIC LAW
Instructors: Nguyen Thanh Minh ChanhSection Classes: DHLKT18A
Group: 2
HO CHI MINH CITY, 2023
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NUMBER FULL NAME STUDENT ID CLASS
1 Tô Ngọc Phương Trinh 22650021 DHLKT18A
2 Nguyễn Tống Hoàng Giang 22691811 DHLKT18A
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CHAPTER I: GENERAL OVERVIEW OF METHODS OF COMMERCIAL
DISPUTE RESOLUTION THROUGH COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION AND
DISPUTE RESOLUTION THROUGH COURTS 4
1.1 Commercial dispute 4
1.1.1 The concept of commercial activities 4
1.1.2 Commercial dispute concept 4
1.2 Commercial dispute resolution 4
1.2.1 Negotiation between parties 4
1.2.2 Conciliation between the parties 4
1.2.3 Dispute settlement by commercial arbitration 4
1.2.4 Settlement of disputes by Court 4
1.3 Commercial Arbitration 4
1.3.1 Concept 4
1.3.2 Arbitration's authority to settle disputes 4
1.3.3 Dispute settlement procedures by commercial arbitration 4
1.3.4 Effect of judgment 4
1.3.5 Ensuring the enforcement of the ruling 4
1.3.6 The remaining factors 4
1.3.6.1 Expense 4
1.3.6.2 Time 4
1.3.6.3 Location 4
1.4 Court 4
1.4.1 Concept 4
1.4.2 Authority of the Court 4
1.4.2.1 What is authority? 4
1.4.2.2 What is the authority of the Court? 4
1.4.2.3 Authority of the court 4
1.4.3 Court Procedures 4
1.4.4 Validation of the Court 4
1.4.5 Execution of the Court's judgment 4
1.4.6 Other factors 4
CHAPTER II: ISSUES SURROUNDING THE CHOICE OF TRADE DISPUTE RESOLUTION METHOD 4
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arbitration 4
2.1.1 Alike 4
2.1.2 Difference 5
2.2 The role of arbitrators and courts in practice 7
2.2.1 The role of commercial arbitration 7
2.2.2 Role of the court 8
CHAPTER III: SOME RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVE THE EFFICIENCY OF COMMERCIAL DISPUTE SETTLEMENT BY COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION AND COURTS 10
3.1 Solutions to complete the law on settlement of commercial disputes by commercial arbitration 10
3.2 Solutions to improve the law on the competence of courts in settling business and commercial disputes 11
3.2.1 It is necessary to amend the legislative approach to the authority of courts in the direction of exclusion 11
3.2.2 The litigant's right to freely choose the court 11
3.2.3 Recognizing the People's Court's right to interpret laws in settling business and commercial disputes 12
3.2.4 Complete the law on the model and organizational structure of the court 12
3.2.5 Raise the qualifications and capacity of judges and assessors in settling commercial business disputes 12
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DISPUTE RESOLUTION THROUGH COURTS 1.1 Commercial dispute
1.1.1 The concept of commercial activities
Following Article 3 of the 2005 Commercial Law1, which stipulates thatcommercial activities are activities for profit-making purposes, including purchaseand sale of goods, provision of services, investment, trade promotion and otheractivities for other profit-making purposes
1.1.2 Commercial dispute concept
Commercial disputes are conflicts or disagreements between two parties thatcooperate on rights and obligations during commercial business activities
1.2 Commercial dispute resolution
1.2.1 Negotiation between parties
The form of dispute settlement by negotiation between the parties can beunderstood as a form of dispute settlement through the parties voluntarily discussing,agreeing, self-arranged, and resolved arising disagreements to eliminate disputes.without the assistance or judgment of any third party
The outcome of the dispute settlement method by negotiation between theparties will depend on the agreement of the parties involved
1.2.2 Conciliation between the parties
Mediation is a form of dispute settlement between parties by an agency,organization or individual chosen by the parties to act as a mediator
In Clause 1, Article 3 of Decree No 22/2017/ND-CP2, the specific concept is
defined as follows: “Commercial mediation is a method of commercial dispute
resolution agreed upon by the parties and approved by a commercial mediator Acting as a mediator to assist in the settlement of disputes as prescribed in this Decree”.
The principles of dispute settlement by commercial mediation are specified in
Article 4 of Decree 22/2017/ND-CP3, specifically as follows:
(1) Disputing parties participating in mediation are completely voluntary andequal in terms of rights and obligations
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(3) The content of the agreement does not violate the prohibition of the law,does not violate social ethics, does not shirk obligations, does not infringe on therights of a third party
1.2.3 Dispute settlement by commercial arbitration
Commercial arbitration is a method of dispute settlement agreed by the parties
and conducted in accordance with this Law (Clause 1, Article 3 of the Law on
Commercial Arbitration 2010)4
The principles of dispute settlement by commercial arbitration are specified in
Article 4 of the Law on Commercial Arbitration 20105 as follows:
(1) The arbitrator must respect the agreement of the parties if such agreementdoes not violate the prohibition and is contrary to social ethics
(2) Arbitrators must be independent, objective, impartial and comply with theprovisions of law
(3) The disputing parties are equal in terms of rights and obligations Thearbitration council has the responsibility to create conditions for them to performtheir rights and obligations
(4) Dispute settlement by commercial arbitration should be done publiclyunless the parties agree otherwise
(5) The arbitral award is final
1.2.4 Settlement of disputes by Court
Regarding the content of court dispute settlement, the provisions of Chapter
II of the 2015 Civil Procedure Code6 clearly state principles including:
(1) Comply with the law in civil proceedings
(2) The right to request the Court to protect legitimate rights and interests.(3) The right to decide and self-determination of the involved parties
(4) Equality in rights and obligations in civil proceedings
(5) Ensure the right to protect the legitimate interests of the involved parties.(6) Judges, people's jurors who hear civil cases, and judges who settle civilcases are independent and only obey the law
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(8) Ensure impartiality and objectivity in civil proceedings
(9) Ensuring the first instance and appellate trial regime
(10) Ensuring the validity of court judgments and decisions
(11) Ensuring litigation in trial
However, according to the Law, there will be cases that are allowed to settlecommercial disputes under the authority of the Court For commercial disputes
falling under the authority of the Court, Article 30 of the Civil Procedure Code 20157
specifically provides as follows:
- Disputes arising in business and commercial activities between individualsand organizations that have business registration with each other for profit purposes
- Disputes over intellectual property rights, technology transfer betweenindividuals and organizations and all for profit purposes
- Disputes between people who are not members of the company but havetransactions on transfer of contributed capital with the company and members of thecompany
- Disputes between the company and its members, disputes between thecompany and the managers in the limited liability company or members of the Board
of Directors, the director or general director of the joint stock company, between themembers of the company with each other related to the establishment, operation,dissolution, merger, consolidation, separation, transfer of assets of the company,transformation of the form of the company
Other business and commercial disputes, except for cases falling within theauthority of other agencies or organizations as prescribed by law
1.3 Commercial Arbitration
1.3.1 Concept
Commercial Arbitration is a method of dispute settlement agreed upon by theparties and conducted by the Law on Commercial Arbitration 2010
1.3.2 Arbitration's authority to settle disputes
Firstly, disputes between parties arise from commercial activities
Secondly, disputes arise between parties in which at least one party hascommercial activities
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1.3.3 Dispute settlement procedures by commercial arbitration
(1) Filing a lawsuit and accompanying documents
(2) Defendant defends himself
(3) Establishing the Arbitration Council Step
(4) Opening a dispute resolution session
(5) Reconciliation
1.3.4 Effect of judgment
Pursuant to article 60 of the Law on Commercial Arbitration 2010, the
principle of making an arbitral award has two provisions:
Firstly, if the majority of votes are not reached, the arbitral award shall bemade according to the opinion of the Chairman of the Arbitral Council
Secondly, the arbitral tribunal issues the arbitral award by majority vote
Thus, the arbitrator's award is the decision of the arbitral tribunal It resolvesthe entire content of the dispute as well as terminates the arbitration proceedings and
is decided by majority vote of the arbitral tribunal
1.3.5 Ensuring the enforcement of the ruling
- Right to request enforcement of an arbitral award
Upon the expiration of the time limit for enforcement of an arbitral award, ifthe award debtor does not voluntarily execute it and does not request annulment ofthe arbitral award as prescribed, the award debtor may the right to make a request to acompetent civil judgment enforcement agency
- Voluntary enforcement of the arbitral award
The State encourages the parties to wish to enforce the arbitral award
- Enforcement of the arbitral award
Financial judgments shall be enforced in accordance with the law on civiljudgment enforcement
1.3.6 The remaining factors
1.3.6.1 Expense
According to the provisions of Clause 1, Article 34 of the 2010 Commercial
Arbitration Law:
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- Arbitrator's remuneration, travel expenses and other expenses for Arbitrators
- Fees for expert consultation and other assistance at the request of the arbitraltribunal
Pursuant to Article 33 of the Law on Commercial Arbitration 2010, the
statute of limitations for initiating a lawsuit for dispute settlement by commercialarbitration is as follows: "Article 33 Statute of limitations for initiating arbitrationfor dispute settlement: "Unless otherwise provided by specialized law, the statute oflimitations for initiating a lawsuit according to arbitration procedures is 2 years fromthe time when lawful rights and interests are infringed"
Thus, unless otherwise provided for by specialized law, the statute oflimitations for initiating a lawsuit according to arbitration procedures is 2 years fromthe time when lawful rights and interests are infringed
1.3.6.3 Location
In international arbitrations, the determination of "Venue of Arbitration" isespecially important according to the laws of the country in which the arbitration islocated which will regularly govern the arbitral award procedures
The parties have favorable rights about the location of dispute settlement; incase of unfavorable circumstances, the arbitral tribunal shall decide The place ofdispute settlement may be within the Vietnamese territory or outside the Vietnameseterritory
Unless the parties have different disagreements, the arbitral tribunal may hold
a meeting at a place deemed suitable for the exchange of opinions among themembers of the arbitral tribunal testimonies, consult experts or conduct inspection ofgoods, property or other documents
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1.4.1 Concept
In clause 1, article 102 of the 2013 Constitutional Law, the concept of the
Court is explained as follows: "The People's Court is the judicial organ of the
Socialist Republic of Vietnam, exercising the judicial power".
The organizational structure of the People's Court includes:
- Supreme People's Court
- High People's Court
- People's Courts of provinces and centrally run cities
- People's Courts of rural districts, urban districts, towns, provincial cities andthe equivalent
1.4.2.2 What is the authority of the Court?
Authority of the court is determined in the nature of the case
Is the right of the court to consider and settle criminal cases, administrativecases, civil cases and other cases as prescribed by law
The outcome of the trial is the right to issue judgments and decisions whensettling that case
The court's final conclusion is enforceable in the state managementmechanism
1.4.2.3 Authority of the court
Firstly, authority by type of work
Secondly, authority of courts at all levels
Third, authority of courts by territory
1.4.3 Court Procedures
(1) File a petition
(2) Assign a judge to review the application
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(4) Conduct mediation
(5) Prepare for trial
(6) Bring the case to trial at the first instance court
1.4.4 Validation of the Court
Can be divided into two types of court judgments: first-instance judgmentsand appellate judgments
First-instance level: According to Clause 2, Article 282 of the Civil
Procedure Code 20158, the first-instance judgment or parts of the first-instancejudgment that are not appealed or protested against according to appellate proceduresare effective legal force from the date of expiration of the time limit for appeals orprotests
In which, the time limit for appealing against the judgment of the first-instance
court is 15 days from the date of pronouncement (according to Clause 1, Article 273
of the Civil Procedure Code 2015)9
The time limit for protesting against the judgment of the first-instance court ofthe procuracies of the same level is 15 days, of the superior procuracies is 1 month
from the date of judgment pronouncement (according to Clause 1, Article 280 of the
Civil Procedure Code the 2015)10
Thus, after 30 days from the date of judgment If the judgment is not appealed
or protested against, the judgment takes legal effect
Appellate level: The appellate court's judgment takes legal effect from the date
of its pronouncement (Clause 6, Article 313 of the Civil Procedure Code 2015)11
1.4.5 Execution of the Court's judgment
Enforcement of a court's judgment is an act of voluntary execution of a courtjudgment by the disputing parties or an act of a competent state agency to compel thedisputing parties to perform the award according to a set of procedures order andprocedures prescribed by law The ultimate purpose of the Court's enforcementactivities is to ensure that in fact the contents of the Court's judgments must beimplemented, not the applicable legal documents or decisions operating as in theactivities of administrative agencies
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