Baker McKenzie’s Arbitration Yearbook 10th Anniversary Edition 2016-2017
Click here for the chapter on Sweden in the 2016-2017 Arbitration Yearbook.
Arbitration News from Sweden
A Revised Swedish Arbitration Act to enter into force 1 March 2019
On 21 November 2018, the Swedish Parliament adopted revisions to the Swedish Arbitration Act ("SAA"). The revisions continue to reflect the influence that the...
Modernization of the Swedish Arbitration Act in progress
Approaching its twentieth anniversary, the modernization of the Swedish Arbitration Act (“SAA”) is closer than ever. Although the general perception is that the SAA...
SCC Board Will Provide Reasoned Decisions On Arbitrator Challenges
On 8 November, the SCC announced on its website (click here to view the announcement) that as of 1 January 2018, the SCC Board...
Stockholm Chamber of Commerce Publishes Report on Investor State Arbitration
The Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce ("SCC") was founded in 1917. It is part of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce, but...
Investor State Arbitration under CETA: Key Provisions and What to Watch for in 2017
The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement ('CETA') between the European Union and Canada was signed October 30, 2016. The deepening of Canadian and European...
New Year, New Rules: How Singapore and Stockholm are vying for a piece of...
While toasting the New Year over a glass or two of champagne, it may have gone unnoticed to many of us that the strike...
Apportionment of Costs Under the SCC Rules
In its report "Costs of arbitration and apportionment of costs under the SCC Rules" of February 2016, the SCC has reviewed the cost apportionment...
Swedish Appeal Court rules that arbitral tribunal should not have heard Yukos claims
In its judgment of 18 January 2016, the Svea Court of Appeal overturned the Stockholm District Court’s judgment and approved the Russian Federation’s plea...
Sweden: SCC award set aside because of exceeded mandate
In its judgment dated 25 June 2015, the Svea Court of Appeal annulled a Stockholm Chamber of Commerce award in its entirety on the...
European Court of Justice upholds arbitral tribunal anti-suit injunctions
In a highly anticipated decision (Gazprom C-536/13) the European Court of Justice (the "ECJ") has clarified that anti-suit injunctions issued by arbitral tribunals are...
