…Instance of the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) confirmed that it is competent to hear applications for the recognition of domestic and foreign arbitration awards within the DIFC without the…
Between February and March 2014, the Survey on the Use of Soft Law Instruments in International Arbitration was open for responses here at Kluwer Arbitration Blog. The users were asked…
In keeping with our tradition of surveying readers on key developments in international arbitration, we invite readers with experience in mainland China to fill out our survey on the enforcement…
…relation to arbitration in Egypt and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Arbitration law Egypt On 18 April 1994, the Egyptian Law of Arbitration in Civil and Commercial Matters (the “Arbitration…
…regulating the administration of arbitration, mediation, and other forms of ADR; (c) the hosting of conferences, seminars, lectures, and other events relating to arbitration, mediation, and other forms of ADR;…
…execution proceedings of an arbitration award contending that the in the absence of the consent of the Central Government, proceeding under section 14 and 17 of Arbitration Act, 1940 for…
Every now and then the arbitration society witnesses the filing of investor-state disputes in fields previously ‘unharmed’ by the spotlight of investment adjudication. Perhaps the most recent example is the…
…to arbitration. Courts are rather formalistic in deciding on that matter as Ukrainian laws do not directly envisage the possibility to an application for leave to enforce an international arbitration…
…[Civ. App. No. 895 of 2014] reinforced its pro-arbitration approach in international commercial arbitration disputes. The issue before the court in this case was whether the arbitration could proceed despite…
…be submitted to arbitration with Beijing Arbitration Commission according to its arbitration rules.” Sinovel’s motion was later denied by the Beijing Intermediate People’s Court. Sinovel then filed an appeal of…
…foreign arbitration proceedings; vi. provisional measures in pending arbitration proceedings; vii. a more detailed procedure for arbitral appeal; viii. interruption of the statutory period of limitation; ix. validity of the…
…in spite of the existence of an arbitration clause, West Tankers commenced arbitration proceedings against the same insurers to claim compensation for the damages suffered, consisting of the legal fees…
…then commenced arbitration against Meydan under the rules of the Dubai International Arbitration Centre (DIAC) seeking sums it claimed were owed under its contract with Meydan (DIAC Case 201/2010). Meydan…
By Philipp Groz and James Menz, Schellenberg Wittmer In March 2014, the Geneva-based World Intellectual Property Organization’s (WIPO) Arbitration and Mediation Center (the “Center”) presented the revised WIPO Arbitration Rules…
…I. Gross, ‘Investor Protection Meets the Federal Arbitration Act’, 1 Stanford Journal of Complex Litigation 1 (2012) (regarding FINRA arbitration), and S.I. Strong, Class, Mass, and Collective Arbitration in National…
…LCIA Rules In relation to Johnny Veeder QC’s conundrum, if the arbitration were an LCIA arbitration, there will shortly be a clear answer to the code of conduct applicable to…
…at the ITAFOR website (www.cailaw.org/ita-itafor). As most readers will know, they are active players in the world of arbitration, accomplished commentators who think about the issues that affect arbitration, and…
…options for submitting claims to international arbitration, such as the ICSID Additional Facility, ad hoc arbitration under UNCITRAL Rules, the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce or ICC Arbitration, among others. I…
…deliberations without the tribunal’s consent. Other arbitral institutions – including the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce, the Netherlands Arbitration Institute, and the Swiss Chambers’ Arbitration Institute –…
…“opt-out system”. Whenever an investor resorts to investor-State arbitration under the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules pursuant to a treaty providing for the protection of investments or investors concluded on or after…
…is a Partner and Co-Head of the Arbitration Practice Group of Bratschi Wiederkehr & Buob in Zurich and Member of the Arbitration Court of the Swiss Chambers’ Arbitration Institution; Anton…
Brazil has well-developed systems both in arbitration and class actions and yet the use of arbitration as a class-litigation dispute resolution has been little discussed. In the USA, on the…
…agreed that upon closing, it would withdraw any and all claims against Argentina, YPF S.A. and YPF Gas, including but not limited to Repsol’s pending ICSID arbitration against Argentina (currently…
…with counsel who might handle the arbitration, over fee arrangements or the strategy to be pursued. Arbitral appointments: in getting an arbitration up and running, parties typically negotiate with each…
