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Baker McKenzie International Arbitration Yearbook 2019-2020 – Sweden

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SWEDEN Magnus Stålmarker A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation Sweden has a long tradition of arbitration and as a preferred venue for international arbitration. Arbitrations in Sweden are governed by the Swedish Arbitration Act of 1999 (Sw: Lag (1999:116) om skiljeförfarande) which applies to both domestic and international arbitrations in Sweden. On 1 March 2019, the revised Swedish Arbitration Act (SAA) entered into force. The legislative revisions to the SAA introduced a number of changes…

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Baker McKenzie International Arbitration Yearbook 2019-2020 – Poland

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POLAND Aleksandra Żanowska, and Łukasz Zbyszyński A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation The Act of 17 November 1964 – Code of Civil Procedure, which governs arbitration in Poland, has undergone a couple of changes aimed mostly at resolving interpretational controversies arising in the jurisprudence and in the academia. The most important changes concern the arbitrability of disputes under Polish law. The amendment to article 1163 of the Code of Civil Procedure has explicitly confirmed that…

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Baker McKenzie International Arbitration Yearbook 2019-2020 – Austria

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AUSTRIA Filip Boras and Simon Kapferer A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation International arbitration in Austria continues to be governed by sections 577 to 618 of the Austrian Code of Civil Procedure, to which no legislative amendment has been made since 2013. However, we expect that one remaining restriction on the conclusions of arbitration agreements could be soon eased: At present, most arbitration agreements can be concluded easily, including by e-mail. By contrast, the power…

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Baker McKenzie International Arbitration Yearbook 2019-2020 – Switzerland

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SWITZERLAND Luca Beffa, Joachim Frick, Gentiana Imeri, Urs Zenhäusern A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation A.1.1 Revision of the Swiss Arbitration Act Switzerland is currently revising its Swiss Arbitration Act (i.e. chapter 12 of the Swiss Federal Act on Private International Law (PILA)) that governs international arbitral proceedings seated in Switzerland. The draft bill, published by the Swiss Federal Council in October 2018, has been sent to the Swiss Parliament for debate and its entry…

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