The Mumbai Centre for International Arbitration (MCIA) was established in India as a joint initiative between the Government of Maharashtra and the domestic and international business and legal communities, in order to transform Mumbai into a major international financial centre. It hopes to bring most Indian cases back from the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC), […]
2016 SIAC Arbitration Rules
To celebrate its 25 years of establishment, the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (“SIAC”) has drafted the “2016 SIAC Rules”, replacing the 2013 Rules. These new Rules came into effect on August 1, 2016. The 2016 SIAC Rules are described as “a unique hybrid of modern commercial arbitration rules and specialist investment arbitration rules”[1]. The 2016 […]
ICC Emergency Arbitrator Rules
The 2012 ICC emergency arbitrator rules extend the advantages of arbitration to parties who are in urgent need of interim measures before an arbitral tribunal has been constituted. Before, parties had to seek such measures from State courts, which was not always possible or desired. An application for Emergency Measures can be filed prior to the Request for Arbitration under the ICC […]
Emergency Arbitrator Award
Most arbitration rules of the leading arbitration institutions have today introduced the possibility of appointing an Emergency Arbitrator who will decide on Interim Measures (including the ICC, the LCIA, the SIAC, the HKIAC and the SCC). These rules are being increasingly used by parties to request interim measures. The Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber […]
Investor-State Emergency Arbitrator Award Enforced
Investor-State Emergency Arbitrator Award Enforced An investor-State emergency arbitrator award was enforced by a domestic court in Ukraine, as was initially reported by the Global Arbitration Review. This decision is interesting since it is the first known enforcement of an emergency arbitrator award against a State. Emergency arbitrator awards are non-binding on an arbitral tribunal, but remain in […]