International Arbitration Procedures

Arbitration Reform, Azerbaijan, International Arbitration Law Library Series, International Arbitration Procedures, UNCITRAL Model Law

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On 26 December 2023, Azerbaijan adopted a new Law on Arbitration (“the Law” or “the New Law”) that regulates both international and domestic arbitration. It is mostly based on the 2006 edition of the UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration (“2006 UNCITRAL Model Law”) but contains certain important differences. This post discusses the most…

ADR, Arb-Med, Asia-Pacific, Australia, International Arbitration Procedures, International Commercial Arbitration, investor-State arbitration and mediation, Litigation, Med-Arb, Mediation

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On 22 February 2024, I am pleased to deliver the 6th ADR Address of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, co-organised by the Australian Disputes Centre. Past lecturers have been senior former or serving Australian judges, with some discussing developments in arbitration. More widely, there has been quite extensive discussion on case law and…

International Arbitration Procedures, Investor-State arbitration, ISDS Reform

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In May 2023, more than thirty members of the U.S. Congress sent a letter to the Biden administration, arguing that “[l]arge corporations have weaponized [investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS)] to benefit their own interests” and that “the broken ISDS system has time and time again worked in favor of big business interests.” This criticism against ISDS…

Arbitration, International Arbitration Procedures, Multi-Party Interim Appeal Arbitration, WTO

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In response to the shutdown of the WTO Appellate Body in 2019, a subset of WTO Members entered into the Multi-Party Interim Appeal Arbitration Arrangement (“MPIA”). The MPIA has been in effect since 30 April 2020. Although it is an “interim” arrangement that will only function as long as the Appellate Body is inoperative, it…

Brazil, CBAr 21st, Corporate disputes, International Arbitration Procedures, Latin America, South America

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In line with current discussions in Brazil’s arbitration community, especially in the context of Brazilian party leaders’ initiative to call for a vote on a controversial bill to amend the Brazilian Arbitration Act (“BAA“) on an urgent basis (previously covered here), one of the panels focused on the controversy of whether information regarding corporate arbitral proceedings…

EU Law, Greece, International Arbitration Procedures, State Aid

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In a recent judgment of the General Court (the “GC”) in joined cases – T-639/14 RENV, T-352/15 and T-740/17, the question of the clash between EU law (in this case, state aid legislation) and arbitration was discussed. Not surprisingly, from an EU law standpoint, the EU Courts once again found that in case of such…

Construction, Construction arbitration, Exclusionary Clauses, India, International Arbitration Procedures, International Commercial Arbitration, SCL-CIArb, UAE, UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts

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A 3-day International Conference on Construction Law & Arbitration was held in December 2019 in New Delhi, co-hosted by the Society of Construction Law-India and the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators-India. During the course of their presentations, the panelists discussed various topics ranging from trends in construction law in the context of arbitration across global jurisdictions…

Arbitration, Arbitration institution, Arbitration Institutions and Rules, Dispute Settlement, Energy, Energy Charter Treaty, International Arbitration Procedures, International Mediation, Interview, Interviews with Our Editors, Investment Arbitration, ISDS Reform, Multilateral Investment Court

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Alejandro, thank you for joining us on the Kluwer Arbitration Blog! We are delighted to have the opportunity to interview you at a time when the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) and its modernisation are on the spotlight. Alejandro is the current General Counsel and Head of the Conflict Resolution Centre at the ECT Secretariat, which…

Arbitral Tribunal, IBA, IBA Rules of Evidence, International Arbitration Procedures, Prague Rules, Tribunal

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On December 2018, the Prague Rules on the Efficient Conduct of Proceedings in International Arbitration (“Prague Rules”) were released. (For related posts on the Prague Rules on Kluwer Arbitration Blog click here, here, here, and here.) The Prague Rules aim to increase efficiency and reduce costs in arbitral proceedings. The project arose from a general…

Case management conference, ICC Rules, International arbitration, International Arbitration Procedures, New York Convention

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What are Terms of Reference in the ICC Rules of Arbitration, and what are they for? Article 23(1) of the 2017 ICC Rules provides “As soon as it has received the file [of a new dispute] from the Secretariat, the arbitral tribunal shall draw up, on the basis of documents or in the presence of…

Blockchain, Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity Protocol, International Arbitration Procedures, LegalTech, Queen Mary- White & Case Survey, Technology

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Parties to arbitration, just like “millennials”, are dependent on digital data and network systems. Currently, most of the data created is used and stored in digital formats using internet and computer technology. This should not be surprising; the online world enables people to interact and behave in new and efficient ways. However, the resulting dependence…

Appointment of arbitrators, Arbitrator Challenges, Counsel, Counsel conduct, Disclosure, Dubai, ICC, International arbitration, International Arbitration Procedures, MENA, Middle East, UAE, UAE Federal Arbitration Law, UNCITRAL Model Law, United Arab Emirates

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Participants at this year’s Dubai Arbitration Week gathered for the ICC conference hosted by Al Tamimi & Co on 14 November 2018. The conference featured a lively roundtable discussion on the subject of “Arbitrator Disclosure – Local Flavour or International Standards?” chaired by Nadia Darwazeh. The panel comprised practitioners from across the MENA region and…

Blockchain, International Arbitration Procedures, LegalTech, Reputational Systems, Technology

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Under arbitration, the parties submit their disputes to an arbitral tribunal (or sole arbitrator) who rules on pre-hearing disputes, conducts the arbitration, and issues a binding award on the parties.  However, the desirability of arbitration as a dispute-resolution mechanism rests largely on the perception of the reputation of the arbitrators. On the one hand, the…