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HANDBOOK ON INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION

Second Edition

Peter Ashford

JURIS

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

About the Author .................................................................................... xv

Preface .................................................................................................. xvii

Chapter 1 What Claims May Be Arbitrated .............................................................. 1

Chapter 2 Separability ............................................................................................... 5

Chapter 3 The Proper Law and the Seat .................................................................. 15

Chapter 4 Conditions Precedent to a Reference ...................................................... 41

Chapter 5 Representation ........................................................................................ 53

Chapter 6 Getting Started ........................................................................................ 55

Chapter 7 Emergency Arbitrators ............................................................................ 59

Chapter 8 Parties ..................................................................................................... 75

Chapter 9 Insolvency ............................................................................................... 85

Chapter 10 Arbitral Independence ............................................................................. 93

Chapter 11 Counsel, Particular Conflict Issues and Ethics ..................................... 109

Chapter 12 Duties and Obligations of the Tribunal ................................................. 127

Chapter 13 Preliminary Meeting ............................................................................. 133

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Chapter 14 Terms of Reference and Lists of Issues ................................................ 141

Chapter 15 Secretaries ............................................................................................. 143

Chapter 16 Written Pleadings .................................................................................. 149

Chapter 17 Illegality ................................................................................................ 159

Chapter 18 Set-Off .................................................................................................. 185

Chapter 19 Interim Measures .................................................................................. 189

Chapter 20 Procedural Agreements and Party Autonomy ....................................... 193

Chapter 21 Document Production ........................................................................... 197

Chapter 22 Disputes on the Extent of Document Production .................................. 207

Chapter 23 Confidentiality as a Ground for Resisting Document Production ........ 217

Chapter 24 Confidentiality and Subsequent Use ..................................................... 221

Chapter 25 Enforcement of Document Production by Assistance from National Courts .................................................................................................... 227

Chapter 26 Data Protection and Document Production ........................................... 231

Chapter 27 Foreign Languages and Translations .................................................... 235

Chapter 28 Documents for Impeachment ................................................................ 237

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Chapter 29 Continuing Duty of Document Production ........................................... 239

Chapter 30 Electronic Documents ........................................................................... 241

Chapter 31 Legal Professional Privilege: Who and What Is Covered? ................... 253

Chapter 32 Non-Party Document Production .......................................................... 275

Chapter 33 Witness Statements ............................................................................... 285

Chapter 34 Expenses of Witnesses .......................................................................... 291

Chapter 35 Expert Evidence .................................................................................... 295

Chapter 36 Bundles ................................................................................................. 309

Chapter 37 Evidentiary Hearings and Advocacy .................................................... 311

Chapter 38 Precedent ............................................................................................... 317

Chapter 39 Damages................................................................................................ 319

Chapter 40 Remedies (other than Damages) ........................................................... 357

Chapter 41 Costs in International Arbitration ......................................................... 375

Chapter 42 Costs Capping ....................................................................................... 379

Chapter 43 Security for Costs .................................................................................. 383

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Chapter 44 Costs Orders .......................................................................................... 393

Chapter 45 Discontinuance and Costs ..................................................................... 395

Chapter 46 Costs of Applications ............................................................................ 401

Chapter 47 Costs of the Reference .......................................................................... 403

Chapter 48 Costs: Assessing the Amounts .............................................................. 417

Chapter 49 The Award ............................................................................................ 423

Table of Cases ...................................................................................... 437

Index ..................................................................................................... 453

Appendices 1–42 .........................................................Enclosed CD-ROM

Appendix 1 Laws of the Arbitration

Appendix 2 Sample Formal Parts of Award on Non-Compliance with Condition Precedent

Appendix 3 Sample Request for Arbitration

Appendix 4 Sample Answer to Request

Appendix 5 Sample Joint Letter to Potential Chairman from Counsel to Parties

Appendix 6 Sample Agenda for First Meeting

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Appendix 7 Sample Terms of Reference

Appendix 8 Sample List of Issues

Appendix 9 Sample Letter for the Appointment of a Secretary

Appendix 10 Sample Order for Limiting Written Pleadings

Appendix 11 Sample Responsive and Amalgamated Defence with Claim

Appendix 12 Sample Letter of Application to Tribunal for Various Orders (Including Discovery)

Appendix 13 Sample Order for Document Production by Full Disclosure

Appendix 14 Sample Order for Document Production by Reduced Disclosure

Appendix 15 Sample Order for Document Production

Appendix 16 Sample Order for Limiting [Disclosure] [Document Production]

Appendix 17 Table Comparing Disclosure under Various Arbitration Models

Appendix 18 Sample Procedural Order for [Disclosure] [Document Production] Disputes

Appendix 19 Sample Order Stating Chairman’s Role in Deciding [Disclosure] [Document Production] Disputes

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Appendix 20 Sample Order for Safeguards on [Disclosure] [Production] of Information that May Contain Personal Data

Appendix 21 Sample Order Governing Treatment of Foreign Languages and Translations

Appendix 22 Sample Order Governing Treatment of Electronic Documents

Appendix 23 Sample Order Governing Treatment of Bundles

Appendix 24 Sample Order Permitting Expert Evidence

Appendix 25 Sample Declaration by Expert

Appendix 26 Checklist of Key Components of an Award

Appendix 27 Sample Consent Award

Appendix 28 Sample Costs Capping Order

Appendix 29 Types of Costs Orders

Appendix 30 Sample Orders for Security for Costs

Appendix 31 Sample “Sealed Offer”

Appendix 32 UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration

Appendix 33 ICC Rules of Arbitration

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Appendix 34 LCIA Arbitration Rules

Appendix 35 AAA-ICDR Dispute Resolution Procedures

Appendix 36 UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules

Appendix 37 Singapore International Arbitration Centre Rules

Appendix 38 The Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre Rules

Appendix 39 UNCITRAL Notes on Organizing Arbitral Proceedings

Appendix 40 IBA Rules on the Taking of Evidence in International Arbitration

Appendix 41 IBA Guidelines on Conflicts of Interest in International Arbitration

Appendix 42 IBA Guidelines on Party Representation

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