The recently issued implementing regulations of the civil procedures law (Implementing Regulations) have brought a number of amendments intended to facilitate and expedite the process of ratification and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards. The Implementing Regulations were published in the UAE gazettes on 16 December 2018 and came into force on 17 February 2019. Under the previous provisions of the Civil Procedures Law No 11 of 1992 (Civil Procedures Law), the process for the ratification…
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The ICC committed itself to make arbitration proceedings more efficient and transparent. To reach this objective, the institution has introduced several new policies in previous years. In 2016, the ICC began to publish arbitrators’ details on its website (see GAN: New Year, New Policies: ICC to bolster arbitrator efficiency and transparency in arbitrations and GAN: ICC publishes arbitrator’s details – A new level of transparency). 2019 begins with a further attempt to bolster efficiency and…
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The never-ending clash between the Civil Law and Common Law traditions in international arbitration took center-stage once again in 2018, with the introduction of the Inquisitorial Rules on the Taking of Evidence in International Arbitration, or the “Prague Rules”. Lawyers from the Civil Law tradition, increasingly dissatisfied with the IBA Rules on the Taking of Evidence in International Arbitration, introduced the Prague Rules as an alternative to the “adversarial approach” embodied in the IBA Rules.…
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What has changed? On 3 May 2018, the UAE published its first stand-alone Arbitration Law under Federal Law No. 6 of 2018. The UAE’s aim is to ensure access to a method of resolving cross-border disputes which is in line with international standards and best practices. The new Arbitration Law will repeal and replace the provisions of the arbitration chapter of the UAE Civil Procedures Law No. 11 of 1992 (the CPC). The new Arbitration…