KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA Abdulrahman Al Ajlan and Anton Mikel A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation International arbitration in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia continues to be governed by the arbitration law issued by Royal Decree No. 34/M, dated 24/5/1433H (corresponding to 16 April 2012G), which replaced the arbitration law issued by Royal Decree No. 46/M, dated 12/7/1403H, to which no notable amendments have been made since. A.2 Institutions, rules and infrastructure The Saudi Center…
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation International arbitration in onshore United Arab Emirates (UAE) continues…
SOUTH AFRICA A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation International arbitration in South Africa continues to be governed by…
We are delighted to invite you to Baker McKenzie’s first ever Arbitration Quiz Night! Join us on 8 December 2020 at 6.00 pm CET for what promises to be an evening of light-hearted laughs, interesting facts and friendly competition. Who knows their New York Convention from their Geneva Protocol, their LCIA disputes from their ICSID proceedings? Put your knowledge to the test in five exciting rounds of arbitration-themed, multiple-choice questions: History, Celebrities, Statistics, General Knowledge…
From 1 January 2021, the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) will bring into force revised 2021 Rules of…
Join us on Tuesday, 17 November 2020, for the 2020 UCL/ Baker McKenzie Lecture on ‘International Arbitration –…
The world faces significant levels of social, political and economic instability and uncertainty. To a large extent, while the big-picture context is currently influenced by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, global pandemics are just one element of a future that will be shaped by at least five long-term, persistent, and interrelated themes. The future undoubtedly presents numerous challenges, but also significant opportunities for those who are adaptable and sufficiently prepared. What does this future mean for…
The UAE Federal Supreme Court has recently issued a judgment that tackles the ambiguity of an arbitration clause…
In December 2017, South Africa’s International Arbitration Act (“IA Act”) came into operation. The IA Act incorporated the…
The International Chamber of Commerce (“ICC”) recently published its full statistical report for the year 2019,[1] which revealed a slight increase in the number of arbitration cases registered with the ICC’s International Court of Arbitration in 2019, as compared to 2018. As we have done in previous years,[2] we compare the caseload statistics of various arbitral institutions over the past few years in this article, and we analyze whether the popularity of arbitration continues to…