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Baker McKenzie International Arbitration Yearbook 2019-2020 – Hong Kong

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HONG KONG Philipp Hanusch A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation A.1.1 Landmark arrangement between Mainland China and Hong Kong concerning court-ordered interim measures in aid of arbitrations On 1 October 2019, the Arrangement Concerning Mutual Assistance in Court-ordered Interim Measures in Aid of Arbitral Proceedings by the Courts of the Mainland and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (“Arrangement”) became effective. The Arrangement allows parties to Hong Kong seated arbitrations administered by certain eligible arbitral…

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Baker McKenzie International Arbitration Yearbook 2019-2020 – Singapore

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SINGAPORE Nandakumar Ponniya, Daniel Ho and Daljit Kaur A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation International arbitration continues to be governed by the International Arbitration Act (IAA), the Arbitration Act and the Arbitration (International Investment Disputes) Act, to which no legislative amendments have been made. However, the Ministry of Law launched a public consultation[1] on proposed amendments to the IAA in June 2019, with changes likely to be made to enhance the current framework to provide…

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Baker McKenzie International Arbitration Yearbook 2019-2020 – Myanmar

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MYANMAR Andre Gan and Jo Delaney A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation Arbitration in Myanmar is governed by the Arbitration Law 2016 (Union Law No. 5/2016) (Arbitration Law), which came into force on 5 January 2016. The Arbitration Law repealed the previous Arbitration Act 1944 (“1944 Act”), which was based on the English Arbitration Act 1934 and was closely aligned with the Indian Arbitration Act 1940. The Arbitration Law is based on the UNCITRAL Model…

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Baker McKenzie International Arbitration Yearbook 2019-2020 – Australia

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AUSTRALIA Jo Delaney and Charlotte Hendriks A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation International arbitration continues to be governed by the International Arbitration Act 1974 (Cth) (IAA). There have been no further amendments to the IAA this year. Australia has entered into two new free trade agreements, one with Indonesia and one with Hong Kong. The Australia-Hong Kong Free Trade Agreement entered into force on 17 January 2020. The Australia-Indonesia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (IA-CEPA) has…

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