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Warsaw, 16 June 2011
Standards in International Arbitration: Practice and Tools
YIAG Briefing & Roundtable
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DORDA BRUGGER JORDIS
Prominent Tools
■ UNCITRAL Notes on Organizing Arbitral Proceedings http://www.uncitral.org/pdf/english/texts/arbitration/arb-notes/arb-notes-e.pdf
■ IBA Guidelines on Conflicts of Interest in International Arbitration (2004)
■ IBA Guidelines on Drafting International Arbitration Clauses (2010)
■ IBA Rules on the Taking of Evidence in International Arbitration (2010)
http://www.ibanet.org/Publications/publications_IBA_guides_and_free_materials.aspx
■ ICC Techniques for Controlling Time and Costs in Arbitration http://www.iccwbo.org/policy/arbitration/id2882/index.html
■ The CPR Protocolhttp://www.cpradr.org/Resources/ALLCPRArticles/tabid/265/ID/614/CPR-Protocol-on-Disclosure-of-Documents-and-Presentation-of-Witnesses-in-Commercial-Arbitration.aspx
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The IBA Rules on the Taking of Evidence
■ Consultation on Evidentiary Issues (Art. 2)
■ Document Production (Art. 3)
■ Witnesses and Experts
Art. 4 - Witnesses of fact
Art. 5 - Party appointed experts
Art. 6 - Tribunal appointed experts
■ Inspections (Art. 7)
■ Evidentiary Hearings (Art. 8)
■ Admissibility and Assessment of Evidence (Art. 9)
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What's new?
■ Principles of fair trial and bona fides - Preamble
■ "Meet and Consult" - Art. 2
■ E-Disclosure Art. 3(3)(a)(ii)
■ 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)
■ Enhanced confidentiality - Art 3(13)
■ Expert witnesses: Statement of independence also of party appointed experts – Art.5(2)(c)
■ 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
■ From the Arbitral Tribunal's perspective
Burden of proof approach Lengthy interim procedure Issues of privileged confidentiality Fair trial
■ From the Parties' perspective
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?
■ The civil law approach
■ The common law approach
■ IBA Rules
■ Discretion of the Arbitral Tribunal
■ Fair trial
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Thank you for your kind attention!
Gunnar Pickl Attorney at Law
DORDA BRUGGER JORDISDr. Karl Lueger-Ring 101010 Vienna, Austria
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