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), […]
Multiparty Arbitrations under the 2014 LCIA Rules
The last decade has seen a rising number of arbitrations involving two or more parties. So-called complex and multi-party arbitrations raise numerous practical issues in international arbitration, involving but not limited to the questions of who are the parties to an arbitration agreement, the possibilities of an “extension” of an arbitration agreement, the joinder of a third party, the consolidation of […]
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 […]
Change of Arbitration Attorney under the LCIA Rules
As before national courts, parties’ right to choose their own arbitration attorney is a fundamental procedural right[1] that is confirmed by Article 18.1 of LCIA Rules (2014)[2] The new LCIA Rules (2014) represent the first institutional rules that limit this inherent power of the parties, in order to better conduct arbitral proceedings. Article 18.3 of the […]
Document Production under the LCIA Rules
Under Article 15 of LCIA Rules[1], parties only need to submit essential documents, which means identified documents that are relevant to the case and material to its outcome. This concept is common in international arbitration, but differs from English common law traditions, which require far more rigorous disclosure[2]. In order to encompass arbitration held both in common law […]