Arbitration Notes

Inside Arbitration Issue 17: Perspectives on cross-border disputes

We are delighted to share with you Issue 17 of Inside Arbitration from Herbert Smith Freehills’ Global Arbitration Practice. In this issue, we delve into …

arbitrateAD: A STEP FORWARD FOR ARBITRATION IN ABU DHABI

The Middle East has recently seen a surge in the development of arbitration rules and institutions, with the launch of the Oman Commercial Arbitration …

Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration: A Step Into The Future

The Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (CRCICA) has announced its plans to implement the revised CRCICA Arbitration Rules …

ABU DHABI CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY ANNOUNCES THE 'ABU DHABI INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION CENTRE' TO REPLACE THE ABU DHABI COMMERCIAL CONCILIATION AND ARBITRATION CENTRE FROM FEBRUARY 2024

On 20 December 2023, the Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce and Industry announced that the Abu Dhabi Commercial Conciliation and Arbitration Centre (ADCCAC) …

New SCCA Rules: strengthening the case for arbitration in the KSA

On 1 May 2023, the Saudi Centre for Commercial Arbitration ("SCCA") announced the publication of its revised SCCA Arbitration Rules (the "new …

DIAC PUBLISHES NEW RULES TO COME INTO FORCE ON 21 MARCH 2022

The wait is finally over: the updated DIAC Arbitration Rules 2022 (“2022 Rules”) were published last week and enter into force from 21 March 2022. The …

New York Convention enters into force in Iraq this week, making Iraq the 169th State Party to the Convention

As noted in our previous blog post here, in March 2021, Iraq passed the "Law on the Accession of the Republic of Iraq to the New York Convention on the …

IRAQ RATIFIES MAURITIUS CONVENTION ON TRANSPARENCY IN INVESTOR STATE ARBITRATION

IRAQ WILL BECOME THE 168TH SIGNATORY TO THE NEW YORK CONVENTION

EGYPT’S HIGHEST COURT SPEARHEADS ARBITRATION-FRIENDLY STANCE BY RECOGNISING PROGRESSIVE ARBITRATION PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES

ANNULMENT OF AL KHARAFI V. LIBYA ARBITRAL AWARD BY CAIRO COURT OF APPEAL

ENFORCEMENT OF ARBITRATION AWARDS ACROSS EMEA PODCAST SERIES – EPISODE 2: MIDDLE EAST