A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation In the 2017-2018 and 2022-2023 editions of this yearbook, we reported about a working group tasked with the review of German arbitration law.[1] On 18 April 2023, the Federal Ministry of Justice presented a key issues paper on the modernization of German arbitration law, which had last been comprehensively reformed in 1997. The aim is to adapt the law to current requirements and to increase Germany’s attractiveness as an…
A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation International arbitration proceedings in Taiwan continue to be governed by the Arbitration…
We are pleased to announce that the latest edition of the Baker McKenzie International Arbitration Yearbook is now…
A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation International arbitration in the Netherlands continues to be governed by the Wet van 2 juni 2014 tot wijziging van Boek 3, Boek 6 en Boek 10 van het Burgerlijk Wetboek en het Vierde Boek van het Wetboek van Burgerlijke Rechtsvordering in verband met de modernisering van het Arbitragerecht (“Arbitration Act”), to which there have been no legislative amendments. A.2 Institutions, rules and infrastructure It is expected that the Netherlands…
A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation International arbitration in Colombia continues to be governed by section 3 of…
A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation The United States is a federal jurisdiction that has arbitration-related legislation…
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. The Law is mostly based on the 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 constitution. However, the constitutional court and the constitutional chamber of the Supreme Court consistently rejected…
A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation International arbitration in Venezuela continues to be governed by the Commercial Arbitration…
A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation International arbitration proceed in Taiwan continues to be governed by the Arbitration…
A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation International arbitration in South Africa continues to be governed by the International Arbitration Act, 15 of 2017 (“IA Act”), which incorporates the UNCITRAL Model Law. Domestic arbitrations in South Africa continue to be governed by the Arbitration Act, 42 of 1965 (“Arbitration Act”). A.2 Institutions, rules and infrastructure The Arbitration Foundation of Southern Africa (AFSA) and the Association of Arbitrators, Southern Africa, remain the primary domestic arbitration organizations used…