A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation Hungarian arbitration law is based on the amended UNCITRAL Model Law of 2006, therefore following international standards and creating an attractive arbitration environment. There are three specific aspects of Hungarian arbitration law: There have been no material amendments to arbitration laws in Hungary in 2024 or in early 2025. One minor amendment provides that if an arbitration award concerns rights, facts or data that need to be registered in…
A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation The regulations governing arbitration proceedings in Italy are found in the Italian…
Russia’s annexation of Crimea, the occupation of the Donbas region, the full-scale invasion of Ukraine and the subsequent…
In French civil procedure, the Conseiller de la Mise en État (CME) is a magistrate of the Court of Appeal responsible for ensuring the proper conduct of the hearing. Once appointed, the CME has exclusive jurisdiction to rule on all procedural objections and “fin de non-recevoir” about the appeal itself, and to order all provisional or conservatory measures until its relinquishment. The issue of the fin de non-recevoir before Courts of Appeal has been a…
Introduction The UK Supreme Court has now provided its reasons for an earlier decision to uphold a decision…
Another piece of troubling news for arbitration in Russia-related matters came to light. The Russian Supreme Court ruled…
On 11 April 2024, Baker McKenzie launched the Arbitration Bill Progress Tracker, hosted on Global Arbitration News. The Tracker provides an overview of the Arbitration Bill, a guide to the key proposed changes and implications if the Bill is passed, and maps out the Bill’s progress, which will be updated regularly. The UK government asked the Law Commission to review the Arbitration Act 1996 to determine whether any amendments are required in order to ensure…
In a decision of April 3, 2024, the Swiss Federal Supreme Court (“SFSC”) dismissed an application by Spain…
Welcome to the 17th edition of the Baker McKenzie International Arbitration Yearbook. We are pleased to bring you…
In a recent decision published on 11 January 2023, the Swiss Federal Supreme Court (“SFSC”) confirmed the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes’ (“ICSID”) decision upholding China’s objection regarding the arbitral tribunals’ jurisdiction (case no. 4A_172/2023 [in German], intended for official publication). Factual background The dispute at stake originated from ICSID arbitration proceedings seated in Geneva, Switzerland (case no. ADM/21/1), and was based on the Bilateral Investment Treaty between China and Singapore (“China-Singapore BIT”). The claimants’…