We are pleased to announce that the latest edition of the Baker McKenzie International Arbitration Yearbook is now available. This 16th edition looks at key developments in arbitration from the last year in over 45 jurisdictions, including: New arbitral rules from major institutions including the AAA, CAM-CCBC, CEPANI, DIAC and the SCC The ongoing reform of arbitration legislation to reflect international best practice, with recent developments in Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, the United Kingdom and Vietnam…
A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation International arbitration in Colombia continues to be governed by section 3 of…
A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation The United States is a federal jurisdiction that has arbitration-related legislation…
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 International arbitration in Canada is, for the most part, a matter of…
A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation International arbitration in Venezuela continues to be governed by the Commercial Arbitration…
A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation International arbitration proceed in Taiwan continues to be governed by the Arbitration Law, to which there have been no legislative amendments in the past year. A.2 Institutions, rules and infrastructure The Chinese Arbitration Association, Taipei (CAA) remains the leading arbitration institution in Taiwan. There has been no amendment to the CAA Arbitration Rules in the last 12 months. In 2022, CAA held several conferences on the topics ranging from…
INDIA Aditya Vikram Bhat and Priyanka Shetty, AZB & Partners A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation The Indian…
A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation International arbitration in South Africa continues to be governed by the International…
A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation International arbitration in Australia continues to be governed by the International Arbitration Act 1974(Cth) (IAA). There have been no amendments to the IAA in the past year. Australia has entered into two new free trade agreements, one with 14 other Indo-Pacific countries and one with India. The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP) entered into force on 1 January 2022 with 10 original parties: Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China,…