KYRGYZSTAN Alexander Korobeinikov and Alissa Inshakova A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation International arbitration in Kyrgyzstan continues to be governed by the Law on Arbitration Courts (“Law”), as enacted on 30 July 2002, and to which no amendments have been made since 2004. The Law is mostly based on UNCITRAL Model Law. Provisions of the Law were challenged several times based on arguments that the Law and the main principles of arbitration proceedings contradicted Kyrgyzstan’s…
UNITED KINGDOM Judith Mulholland, Dogan Gultutan, Anna Storer, Joanna Lees and Teresa Ryan A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 …
UKRAINE Ihor Siusel, Kseniia Prokhur and Nataliya Lipska A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation Ukraine is a civil…
KAZAKHSTAN Alexander Korobeinikov and Yana Levkut A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation In April 2016, as a result of the reform of the judicial system, the Law on Arbitration (“Arbitration Law”) was adopted. This law is based on UNCITRAL Model Law and governs both international and domestic arbitration proceedings. In addition to unifying procedural rules for international and domestic arbitration proceedings, the New Arbitration Law, last amended in January 2019, implemented the following changes to…
TURKEY Yalin Akmenek, Demet Kasarcioglu, Ceyda Sıla Cetinkaya A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation The International Arbitration Law…
ITALY Lorenzo de Martinis, Silvia Picchetti and Gaetano Iorio Fiorelli A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation Arbitration in…
SWEDEN Magnus Stålmarker A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation The latest update to the Swedish Arbitration Act (SAA) came into force on 1 March 2019. The updates intend to ensure that the arbitration process is more efficient and more easily accessible. For instance, the new SAA gives arbitrators the power to determine the applicable substantive law in the absence of party agreement. The grounds for challenging an arbitral award have also been revised. Moreover, the…
SPAIN Carmen Alonso and Enrique Silvente A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Approval of Royal Decree-Law 3/2020, dated 4…
RUSSIA Irina Varyushina LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation International arbitration in Russia continues to be governed by the…
SWITZERLAND Urs Zenhäusern and Joachim Frick A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation On 19 June 2020, the Swiss Parliament enacted the revision of Switzerland’s International Arbitration Law, i.e., Chapter 12 of the Swiss Private International Law Act (PILA). The revised Act entered into force on 1 January 2021. The revision selectively adjusted and modernized some of the current provisions of Chapter 12. Most notably, it included the codification of the jurisprudence of the Swiss Federal…