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A. LEGISLATION AND RULES International arbitration in Malaysia continues to be governed by the Arbitration Act 2005, to which no legislative amendment has been made since the latest amendments in 2018. A.2 Institutions, rules and infrastructure The Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC) is Malaysia’s leading arbitration institution, with several key launches in 2021. On 1 August 2021, the AIAC launched the latest revisions to its Arbitration Rules (“AIAC Rules 2021“), carefully designed to enhance efficiency…

A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation Arbitrations seated in Belgium are governed by the Belgian Law on Arbitration (BLA), which is set out in part VI of the Belgian Judicial Code (BJC). There has been no significant change to the BLA in the year under review, and there are currently no changes under consideration or being proposed at the legislature’s level. However, noteworthy is the entry into force of Book V of the Belgian Civil…

A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation Mutual assistance in interim measures in aid of arbitral proceedings by the courts of the Mainland and the Macau Special Administrative Region On 24 February 2022, the Supreme People’s Court published the Arrangement Concerning Mutual Assistance in Interim Measures in Aid of Arbitral Proceedings by the Courts of the Mainland and the Macau Special Administrative Region (“Mutual Assistance Arrangement”). The Mutual Assistance Arrangement is largely the same as the…

A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation In September 2022, the Law Commission published its long awaited Consultation Paper containing provisional law reform proposals aimed at ensuring the Arbitration Act 1996 (“Act”) remains “state of the art.” The Consultation Paper reports that the view from stakeholders is that the Act “works well” and that “root and branch reform is not needed or wanted.”[1] However, it proposes a number of amendments to the Act, the most noteworthy…