A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation Republic Act No. (RA) 9285, or the Alternative Dispute Resolution Act (“ADR Act”), continues to be the principal governing arbitration law in the Philippines. The ADR Act has not been amended since its enactment in 2004. However, there have been efforts from the Office for Alternative Dispute Resolution, an agency under the Department of Justice (DOJ), to propose amendments to the ADR Act since 2016. Among the proposed amendments…
A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation Arbitration in Hungary continues to be governed by the Act LX of…
A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation A.1.1 Further amendments to the mutual enforcement arrangement between Hong Kong and…
A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation In the 2017-2018 edition of this Yearbook, we reported about a working group that had been tasked with a review of German arbitration law.[1] After the working group had submitted its findings to the German Federal Ministry of Justice, the Ministry wanted to present a draft bill for the reform of German arbitration law before the end of the 19th legislative period in December 2021.[2] The Ministry did not…
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HUNGARY Artúr Tamási and Daniella Karacs A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation Arbitration in Hungary continues to be governed by the Act LX of 2017 on Arbitration (“Hungarian Arbitration Act”) which entered into force on 1 January 2018 and is applicable to procedures initiated following this date. The Hungarian Arbitration Act is based on the amended UNCITRAL Model Law of 2006; hence it follows international standards creating an attractive arbitration environment for foreign investors with…
HONG KONG Philipp Hanusch and James Ng A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation A.1.1 Amendments to the mutual…
GERMANY Ragnar Harbst, Heiko Plassmeier, Jürgen Mark A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation International arbitration in Germany continues…
BELGIUM Koen De Winter, Michaël De Vroey and Margo Allaerts A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation Domestic and international arbitration in Belgium continues to be governed by Part VI of the Judicial Code, which is largely based on the UNCITRAL Model Law. A.1.1 Brussels International Business Court In 2018, the Belgian Government introduced a draft law concerning the establishment of a Brussels International Business Court (BIBC). The purpose of the BIBC was to provide a…