Arbitration in Saudi Arabia has changed significantly since 2012 when Saudi Arabia enacted a new arbitration law replacing thirty-year old arbitration regulations. Saudi Arbitration Law (Royal Decree No. M/34) came into force on 7 July 2012, bringing a significant number of modern solutions and reforms to Saudi Arabia’s arbitration framework. The law is based on the […]
New Qatar Arbitration Law
The Qatari Cabinet at a meeting in June 2016 ordered taking necessary measures for the issuance of the draft law on international commercial arbitration in Qatar, after having been briefed on the recommendation of the Advisory Council with respect to the draft law, issued in 2015. Over the past few years, through the widespread ratification of the New […]
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 […]
International Arbitrator Immunity under UAE Law
International arbitrator immunity is typically provided for in domestic legal regimes. As noted by commentators, “almost all contemporary national arbitration regimes provide international arbitrators with expansive statutory or common law immunities from civil claims based on the performance of their adjudicative functions”[1] for the reason that “[Arbitrators] must of necessity be uninfluenced by any fear of consequences […]
Philip Morris Arbitration Award Made Public
The Philip Morris arbitration award rendered by arbitrators Professor Don McRae, Professor Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler and Dr. Karl-Heinz Böckstiegel as presiding arbitrator, has finally been made public. The controversial arbitration was brought by Philip Morris in response to Australia’s plain packaging legislation for cigarettes. On 18 December 2015, the arbitration tribunal decided that it had no […]