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While it hasn’t been a record year for most arbitral institutions, the demand for arbitration is still very strong. As in the previous years, we have compiled the numbers published by the arbitral institutions to date. Recently, the ICC made its 2018 statistics report available for download. We had a look at these numbers and updated this blog post. We will update this blog post again when further statistics become available (1). We also compare…

Traditionally in the Czech Republic, both national and foreign arbitration awards could have been enforced either in standard court enforcement proceedings or in proceedings administered by court-appointed bailiffs. While procedurally enforcement through a bailiff is an alternative to the enforcement through a court, the former possesses a few clear advantages. Some of the advantages include the absence of a court fee or the more pro-active role of the bailiff when it comes to investigating the…

The world is small, so is the arbitration scene. Therefore, it cannot always be prevented that arbitrators and counsel know each other from previous professional encounters. But when can this fact lead to the challenge of an arbitrator? The Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt had to deal with this question[1] – in two respects. Respondent’s counsel had worked in the same law firm as the presiding arbitrator and the arbitrator nominated by Respondent. As to…

We are pleased to announce that the twelfth edition of The Baker McKenzie International Arbitration Yearbook is now available. This edition reviews important developments in arbitration in the past year across 45 jurisdictions, including changes to the settlement of investor-State disputes, the ongoing uncertainty around the future of intra-EU BITs following the European Court of Justice’s decision in Achmea, the continued push for procedural efficiency, and revised national laws relating to the funding of arbitration…