CZECH REPUBLIC Martin Hrodek and Martina Marchand A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation International arbitration in the Czech Republic continues to be governed by Act No. 216/1994 Coll., on Arbitration Proceedings and Enforcement of Arbitration Awards, as amended (“Arbitration Act”). The Arbitration Act is based on the UNCITRAL Model Law and has not been amended since 2017. Pursuant to Section 30 of the Arbitration Act, the Czech Rules of Civil Procedure (Act No. 99/1963 Coll.,…
AUSTRIA Désirée Prantl A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation International arbitration in Austria continues to be governed by…
POLAND Aleksandra Żanowska and Łukasz Zbyszyński A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation Arbitration proceedings in Poland continue to…
THE NETHERLANDS Mathieu Raas A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation Arbitrations that are seated in the Netherlands continue to be governed by the arbitration act of 1 January 2015. No amendments were made since. For those who might be interested in the key differences between the current arbitration act and its prior version from 1986, I refer to my contribution to the 2015/2016 edition of the Baker & McKenzie Arbitration Yearbook.[1] A.2 Institutions, Rules and…
LUXEMBOURG Annie Elfassi, Sabrina Salvador and Eve Tullio A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation International arbitration in Luxembourg…
UZBEKISTAN Alexander Korobeinikov and Saidaziz Alimov A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation Arbitration in Uzbekistan continues to be…
KYRGYZSTAN Alexander Korobeinikov and Alissa Inshakova 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, and to which no amendments have been made since 2004. The Law is mostly based on 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…
UNITED KINGDOM Judith Mulholland, Anna Storer and Joanna Lees A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation International arbitration in…
UKRAINE Ihor Siusel, Kseniia Prokhur and Nataliya Lipska A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation Ukraine is a civil…
KAZAKHSTAN Alexander Korobeinikov and Yana Levkut A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation In April 2016, as a result of the reform of the judicial system, the Law on Arbitration (“Arbitration Law”) was adopted. This law is based on UNCITRAL Model Law and governs both international and domestic arbitration proceedings. In addition to unifying procedural rules for international and domestic arbitration proceedings, the New Arbitration Law, last amended in January 2019, implemented the following changes to…