Working Group II

Australia, New York Convention, New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards, UNCITRAL, Working Group II

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On Friday, 26 May 2023, the UNCITRAL National Coordination Committee for Australia (UNCCA) hosted its eighth annual May Seminar at the University of Canberra. This event, which took the form of a full-day conference, saw participants from all over Australia in the fields of government, private practice, and academia, spanning from students to eminent practitioners….

Arbitration, Arbitration Institutions and Rules, Expedited arbitration, Reform, UNCITRAL, UNCITRAL WG II Series, Working Group II

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Expedited arbitration is often associated with smaller value disputes. For example, the International Chamber of Commerce suggests expedited arbitration for disputes of $2 million or less, while the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre has a $3 million threshold for expedited arbitration. Expedited arbitration makes procedural tradeoffs that are deemed warranted because there isn’t that much…

Arbitration, Arbitration Institutions and Rules, Early Determination, Early Dismissal, Expedited arbitration, Reform, UNCITRAL, UNCITRAL WG II Series, Working Group II

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Institute for Transnational Arbitration (ITA)

Introducing a regulation of early determination in the context of expedited proceedings, highlights a series conflicting interests. Therefore, the UNCITRAL Working Group II on dispute resolution has not yet taken a final position on whether such a regulation should be inserted in the context of expedited arbitration, or whether it should rather be considered as…

Arbitration, Arbitration Institutions and Rules, Efficiency, Expedited arbitration, Reform, UNCITRAL, UNCITRAL WG II Series, Working Group II

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UNCITRAL’s Working Group II (“WGII”) resumes next week its work on drafting expedited arbitration provisions (“EAPs”) for use with the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules (“UARs”).  One of the key “aims” underlying development of these procedures is “to improve the efficiency and quality of arbitral proceedings.”  This post examines why efficiency matters, how the EAPs encourage efficiency,…

Arbitration, Arbitration Institutions and Rules, Due process, Expedited arbitration, Reform, UNCITRAL, UNCITRAL WG II Series, Working Group II

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60 member states and several more non-governmental organizations (NGOs) will soon gather (in person in Vienna and virtually) to commence the 72nd Session of UNCITRAL Working Group II (WGII).  The topic and issues of Expedited Arbitration Procedures (EAPs) was primed at the 69th Session of the WGII in New York, including how best to improve…

Arbitration, Arbitration Institutions and Rules, Consent, Expedited arbitration, Reform, UNCITRAL, UNCITRAL WG II Series, Working Group II

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Institute for Transnational Arbitration (ITA)

The UNCITRAL Working Group II (“WG II”) will continue its work on drafting expedited arbitration provisions (EAPs) at its next session in Vienna on September 21 – 25, 2020. This post briefly considers some of the key points that will be addressed at the session relating to the form and scope of the EAPs. This…

Arbitration, Arbitration Institutions and Rules, Efficiency, Expedited arbitration, ICSID, Investment Disputes, ISDS, Reform, UNCITRAL, UNCITRAL WG II Series, Working Group II

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Arbitrating investment disputes has its peculiarities stemming out of the nature of the dispute, as well as from the parties involved, which become relevant when assessing the feasibility of implementing expedited arbitration provisions. ICSID Arbitration Rules and UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules, the main arbitration rules currently used for investment arbitration proceedings, are in the process of…

Arbitration, Arbitration Institutions and Rules, Efficiency, Expedited arbitration, Reform, UNCITRAL, UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules, UNCITRAL WG II Series, Working Group II

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Next week, the seventy-second session of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law’s (“UNCITRAL”) Working Group II (“WG II”), considering the issue of expedited arbitration, will be held in a hybrid system, with participants being able to take part in the session either in person, in Vienna, or remotely, via an online platform. The…

Code of Conduct, Expedited arbitration, International arbitration, ISDS Reform, Reform, UNCITRAL, UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules, Working Group II, Working Group III

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Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Just like many of us have learned to work remotely these past few months, those leading the efforts to reform international arbitration have also had to endure the constraints imposed by the pandemic. At the first-ever virtual ITA-ASIL conference, held on 24 June 2020, Professor Chiara Giorgetti from the University of Richmond School of Law…