Standards in International Arbitration: Practise and Tools (Arbitral
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Standards in International Arbitration:
Practice and Tools
YIAG Briefing & Roundtable
Warsaw, 16 June 2011
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Prominent Tools
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UNCITRAL Notes on Organizing Arbitral Proceedings
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IBA Guidelines on Conflicts of Interest in International Arbitration (2004)
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IBA Guidelines on Drafting International Arbitration Clauses (2010)
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IBA Rules on the Taking of Evidence in International Arbitration (2010)
http://www.uncitral.org/pdf/english/texts/arbitration/arb-notes/arb-notes-e.pdf
http://www.ibanet.org/Publications/publications_IBA_guides_and_free_materials.aspx
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ICC Techniques for Controlling Time and Costs in Arbitration
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The CPR Protocol
http://www.iccwbo.org/policy/arbitration/id2882/index.html
http://www.cpradr.org/Resources/ALLCPRArticles/tabid/265/ID/614/CPR-Protocol-on-Disclosure-of-Documentsand-Presentation-of-Witnesses-in-Commercial-Arbitration.aspx
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The IBA Rules on the Taking of Evidence
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Consultation on Evidentiary Issues (Art. 2)
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Document Production (Art. 3)
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Witnesses and Experts
Art. 4 - Witnesses of fact
Art. 5 - Party appointed experts
Art. 6 - Tribunal appointed experts
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Inspections (Art. 7)
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Evidentiary Hearings (Art. 8)
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Admissibility and Assessment of Evidence (Art. 9)
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What's new?
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Principles of fair trial and bona fides - Preamble
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"Meet and Consult" - Art. 2
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E-Disclosure Art. 3(3)(a)(ii)
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Request to produce shall contain a statement as to how documents are relevant to the
case and material to its outcome - Art. 3(3)(b)
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Enhanced confidentiality - Art 3(13)
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Expert witnesses: Statement of independence also of party appointed experts –
Art.5(2)(c)
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Witness appearance in hearings required only upon request of one of the Parties or
the Arbitral Tribunal - Art. 8(1)
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Disclosure of Documents - Chances and Risks
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From the Arbitral Tribunal's perspective
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Burden of proof approach
Lengthy interim procedure
Issues of privileged confidentiality
Fair trial
From the Parties' perspective
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Chance to handle evidentiary problems
Risk to lose control about own evidence
Issues of privileged confidentiality
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Disclosure Request - How to Deal with Parties From Different
Legal Systems?
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The civil law approach
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The common law approach
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IBA Rules
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Discretion of the Arbitral Tribunal
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Fair trial
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Thank you for your kind attention!
Gunnar Pickl
Attorney at Law
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