A. LEGISLATION AND RULES There have been no relevant legal developments on arbitration in Spain during 2021. B. CASES B.1 Award annulment proceedings: the interpretation of a contractual clause cannot be alleged as contrary to public policy when the arbitration award is reasoned and compliant with the applicable foreign law. Judgment of Madrid High Court of Justice No. 27/2021 dated 4 May 2021 In this case, the parties had entered into a Liquefied Natural Gas…
A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation Arbitration in Uzbekistan continues to be governed by domestic…
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 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 On 30 November 2021, the Law Commission announced that it will be…
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 by the UAE Federal Law No. 6 of 2018, to which no legislative amendment has been made ever since its promulgation. International arbitration in the offshore Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) continues to be governed by DIFC Law No. 1 of 2008 (“UAE Federal Arbitration Law”). The most significant change over the past year is the dissolution…
A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation In April 2016, as a result of the reform of the judicial…
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 of 2003, which took effect in 2004 and to which no legislative amendment has been made since. Japan is, however, expected to amend its Arbitration Act imminently. After several steps in both the public and private sectors to build the country as an international dispute resolution hub during the last few years, an overhaul of the underlying…