The Polish Supreme Court[1] dealt with two issues arising out of setting aside proceedings. First, the question of the relationship between the decision of the court in setting aside proceedings and its impact on the arbitration commenced after the setting aside of the award. Second, the issue of whether the certainty of the law embodied in the statute of limitations may constitute the basic rules of law which should be protected under the public policy…
Talking about the number of arbitrators in the arbitral tribunal, Maximilian Sattler deals with Article 10 and the…
Different arbitration organizations take different paths for accelerating proceedings. In her video “Request for Arbitration and Answer”, Annette…
In his video “Introductory Provisions”, Jürgen Mark explains the two new features which all users of DIS arbitration should be aware of. (Articles 1-4 DIS-Rules).
Overview In A v B [2017] EWHC 3417 (Comm), the High Court considered whether a single Request for…
Hello Rules Revision! The German Arbitration Institute (DIS) revised its arbitration rules for the first time in 20…
In a groundbreaking decision of 6 March 2018, the European Court of Justice (CJEU) shook up the arbitration community. The first reaction generally is that the CJEU has virtually stopped investment arbitration proceedings if the underlying Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) had been concluded between member states of the European Union. But is that true? To recall: BITs typically stipulate that each contracting country promises to treat investors from the other contracting country in a fair and…
Summaries of 32 decisions relating to arbitrator challenges from 2010 to 2017 have been published. Provides users with…
Third party funding is a relatively new phenomenon in the UK; historically it had been viewed by the…
Litigation funding, sometimes called third-party funding or litigation finance, is becoming increasingly popular in Switzerland these days. One major force behind this trend is the procedural law in Switzerland. At the beginning of proceedings when the action is filed, the plaintiff may already have incurred substantial costs. Swiss civil courts may demand the plaintiff to make an advance payment up to the amount of the expected court costs. The amount of the advance payment will…