A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Institutions, rules and infrastructure In light of the revised law on statutory arbitration clauses that entered into force on 1 January 2023, the Swiss Arbitration Center (SAC) has issued “Supplemental Swiss Rules for Corporate Law Disputes” (“Supplemental Swiss Rules”), supplementing the existing Swiss Rules of International Arbitration (“Swiss Rules”). The Supplemental Swiss Rules apply to all arbitration proceedings that relate to a corporate law dispute and were initiated on or after 1…
A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation On 13 July 2023, the French National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale) voted in…
A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation Sections 577 to 618 of the Austrian Code of Civil Procedure (ZPO)…
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. The Law is mostly based on the 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 Constitution. However, the Constitutional Court and the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court consistently rejected…
A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation Arbitration in Uzbekistan continues to be governed by domestic legislation, as well…
A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation On 21 December 2023, Royal Decree 1130/2023 came into force. It included…
A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation The Swedish Arbitration Act (SAA) continues to be the primary source of arbitration law in Sweden and governs both domestic and international arbitration proceedings. The SAA does not differentiate between domestic and foreign proceedings, with the exception of the enforcement and recognition of foreign awards and proceedings. There have been no legislative amendments in 2023. A.2 Institutions, rules and infrastructure The SCC is the central arbitration institute in Sweden…
A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation Ukraine is a civil law country; thus, the issues of international arbitration…
A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation Following the Law Commission’s two Consultation Papers in September 2022 and March…
A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation In the 2017-2018 and 2022-2023 editions of this yearbook, we reported about a working group tasked with the review of German arbitration law.[1] On 18 April 2023, the Federal Ministry of Justice presented a key issues paper on the modernization of German arbitration law, which had last been comprehensively reformed in 1997. The aim is to adapt the law to current requirements and to increase Germany’s attractiveness as an…