A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation Arbitration in Uzbekistan continues to be governed by domestic legislation, as well as by international treaties ratified by Uzbekistan. Uzbekistan is a party to a number of international and regional treaties that relate to arbitration, including the New York Convention and several CIS treaties. Additionally, Uzbekistan is a member state of the ICSID and investors therefore have the right to seek settlement of disputes within the…
A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation The United States has arbitration-related legislation at both the federal (national) and…
A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation International arbitration in Kyrgyzstan continues to be governed by the Law on…
A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation On 30 November 2021, the Law Commission announced that it will be conducting a review of the Arbitration Act 1996 (“Act”), which governs international arbitration in England and Wales.[1] The purpose of the Law Commission’s review is to ensure that the Act is “as clear, modern and efficient as possible,” in order to preserve the long-standing attractiveness of England and Wales as a forum for dispute resolution and the…
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 International arbitration in onshore United Arab Emirates (UAE) continues to be governed…
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 the previous rules: State-owned companies may…
A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation In Turkey, international arbitration[1] is subject to the provisions of the International…
A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation International arbitration in Japan continues to be governed by the Arbitration Act…
A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation A.1.1. Brazilian Judiciary regulates arbitral letters for communications between arbitrators and judicial courts On 29 September 2021, the Brazilian Justice Counsel (the institution supervising Judiciary Power) issued a regulation on arbitral letters, which are the instruments foreseen in the Brazilian Arbitration Act and the Brazilian Code of Civil Procedure for communications between arbitral tribunals and judicial courts. Although arbitrators are equivalent to judges, they do not have powers to…