Practice of International Commercial Arbitration: A Handbook for Arbitrators and Arbitration Lawyers
| Practice of International Commercial Arbitration: A Handbook for Arbitrators and Arbitration Lawyers in Asia, 2nd Edition, (c) 2026 |
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- AAA see American Arbitration Association (AAA)
- ability to choose one's arbitrator 9
- ad hoc arbitration 3
- adjudication 204–207;
- administered arbitration 3
- ADR see alternative dispute resolution (ADR)
- AI see artificial intelligence (AI)
- AIFC see Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC)
- AJCE see Association of Japanese Consulting Engineers (AJCE)
- alternative dispute resolution (ADR) 8, 12;
- American Arbitration Association (AAA): Supplementary Rules 234–235
- anti-globalism, pitfalls of 261–262
- anti-suit injunctions 142–143
- APEC see Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
- appointment of arbitrators 80–99;
- arbitral juridical order 23
- arbitral rules 53–79;
- arbitration: ad hoc 3;
- Arbitration (International Investment Disputes) Act (Cap. 11, 2002 rev. ed.) 36
- arbitration agreements 3;
- arbitration-friendly financial centres 22
- Arbitration Law of the PRC (ALC) 51
- arb-med-arb: Hong Kong 32–34;
- artificial intelligence (AI) 260–261
- Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) 30
- Association of Japanese Consulting Engineers (AJCE) 48
- Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC) 255
- award: additional 197;
- applications to set aside 218–221;
- background 188–189;
- CIETAC Arbitration Rules (2024) 68;
- clarification 197;
- conclusion 189;
- correction 197;
- discussion 189;
- drafting 185–192;
- Formal award 186;
- HKIAC Adjudication Rules (2009) 56;
- ICC Arbitration Rules (2021) 76–77;
- interest 190–192;
- Interim Award 182, 183, 185;
- interpretation 197;
- introduction 188;
- irrelevant matters 188;
- issues 188–189;
- JCAA Commercial Arbitration Rules (2021) 70;
- judge becoming functus 184–185;
- LMAA Terms (2021) 78;
- meaning 183;
- merger, doctrine of 184;
- Partial Final Award 182, 183, 185;
- preliminary matters 182–185;
- professional responsibility, and 187;
- reasons for 186;
- recognition and enforcement of 221–223;
- recognition or enforcement 187;
- scrutiny of 196;
- SIAC Arbitration Rules (2025) 64;
- signature of 196;
- statutory lien, and 184;
- structure 188–189;
- sub-issues 189;
- substance 186;
- terminology 182;
- UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules (2021) 73
- BAC see Beijing Arbitration Commission (BAC)
- barristers: conflict of interest 85–86
- BCC see Beijing Conciliation Centre (BCC)
- Beijing Arbitration Commission (BAC) 40, 42, 43
- Beijing Conciliation Centre (BCC) see China Council for the Promotion of International Trade Mediation Centre (CCPIT-Mediation Centre)
- Beijing-Hamburg Conciliation Centre 42
- Beijing International Arbitration Centre (BIAC) 40
- Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) 30, 259–260
- BIAC see Beijing International Arbitration Centre (BIAC)
- Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) 6
- BITs see Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs)
- BRI see Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)
- capacity-building: among judiciaries 256–257;
- case management 115–120;
- CCPIT see China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT)
- CEAC see Chinese European Arbitration Centre (CEAC)
- Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb): Guideline on the Use of AI in Arbitration (2005) 261;
- Protocol for the Use Party-Appointed Expert Witnesses in International Arbitration 160
- Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (East Asia Branch) (CIArb East Asia Branch) 30
- Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Singapore Branch (CIArb Singapore Branch) 36
- China: Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) 30, 259–260;
- Dispute Adjudication Board (DAB) 43;
- Mainland see Mainland China infrastructure
- China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) 40
- China Council for the Promotion of International Trade Mediation Centre (CCPIT-Mediation Centre) 42
- China International Commercial Court (CICC) 255
- China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC) 40, 43;
- China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission Hong Kong Arbitration Centre (CIETAC Hong Kong) 29;
- Arbitration Rules (2025) 30
- China Maritime Arbitration Commission (CMAC) 40
- Chinese European Arbitration Centre (CEAC) 42
- choice of law: arbitration agreements and 107–115;
- CIArb see Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb)
- CICC see China International Commercial Court (CICC)
- CIETAC see China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC)
- class arbitrations 233–237
- climate change, awareness of 263–264
- CMAC see China Maritime Arbitration Commission (CMAC)
- competence-competence principle 83
- competition law arbitrations 246–247
- complex arbitrations 224–237;
- conduct of proceedings: CIETAC Arbitration Rules (2024) 66–67;
- confidentiality 10
- conflicts of interest 84–95;
- consolidation 232–233
- construction arbitrations 242–243
- Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States (aka ICSID Convention) 36
- costs of arbitration 192–194;
- costs of the tribunal 195–196
- cross-examination: contradictory evidence 177;
- direct submissions from advocates 20
- diversity, imperative of promoting 262–263
- documentary evidence: document, meaning 145;
- due process paranoia 11–12
- eBRAM (Electronic Belt and Road Arbitration and Mediation) 30
- Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) 6
- emergency arbitrators 130–131
- English Arbitration Act of 1950 26
- EPAs see Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs)
- evaluative mediation 201
- evidence 144–163;
- expert evidence, applications for 141
- expert witnesses 157–163;
- extension of time, applications for 138–139
- facilitative mediation 201
- factual witnesses 153–156
- FDI see foreign direct investment (FDI)
- FDRC see Financial Dispute Resolution Centre Limited (FDRC)
- FDRS see Financial Dispute Resolution Scheme (FDRS)
- FIDIC see International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC)
- financial arbitrations 243–245
- Financial Dispute Resolution Centre Limited (FDRC) 244
- Financial Dispute Resolution Scheme (FDRS) 244–245
- foreign direct investment (FDI) 17
- foreign law: duty to apply 19;
- Formal award 186
- Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) 6
- freezing orders 127–134;
- FTAs see Free Trade Agreements (FTAs)
- Geneva Convention on the Execution of Foreign Arbitral Awards (1927): laws of enforcing states, as source of validity 21
- global warming 263
- Green List 88–89
- Hague Choice of Court Agreements Convention (2005) 10, 253
- Hague Principles: choice of law 114
- Hangzhou Arbitration Commission 40
- hearing: online 180–181;
- HKIAC see Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC)
- HKIArb see Hong Kong Institute of Arbitrators (HKIArb)
- Hong Kong Arbitration Ordinance (Cap. 609) 1, 26–30, 49;
- Hong Kong Construction Industry Security of Payment Ordinance (Cap. 652) 34
- Hong Kong infrastructure: adjudication 34;
- Hong Kong Institute of Arbitrators (HKIArb) 30
- Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC) 29;
- hot-tubbing of experts 160–161
- IAA see International Arbitration Act (Cap.143A) (IAA)
- ICC see International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
- ICC Singapore see International Chamber of Commerce Singapore (ICC Singapore)
- ICSID Convention see Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States (aka ICSID Convention)
- impartiality, duty of 95–98
- independence, duty of 95–98
- infrastructure 26–52;
- intellectual property arbitrations 245–246
- intellectual property rights (IPRs) 27–28
- Interim Award 182, 183, 185
- interim measures 123–138;
- in aid of arbitration, applications for 216–218;
- American Cyanamid test 133;
- applications for 123–124;
- balancing exercise 132–133;
- definition 123;
- emergency arbitrators 130–131;
- freezing orders 127–134;
- full and frank disclosure 130;
- Hong Kong Arbitration Ordinance 124–126;
- Japan Arbitration Act 127;
- Model Law 124;
- preliminary order 129–130;
- security for costs 134–138
- interlocutory stage: anti-suit injunctions 142–143;
- applications to amend pleadings 139–140;
- challenges to jurisdiction 140;
- expert evidence, applications for 141;
- extension of time, applications for 138–139;
- further and better particulars, applications for 140–141;
- interim measures 123–138;
- interrogatories, applications for 140–141;
- preliminary issues, applications for 140;
- property or evidence, applications to preserve 141–142;
- specific discovery, applications for 141
- International Arbitration Act (Cap.143A) (IAA) 34–36, 38
- International Bar Association Rules on the Taking of Evidence 146–150
- International Centre for Dispute Resolution-Singapore (ICDR-Singapore) 36
- International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) 40;
- International Chamber of Commerce Hong Kong (ICC Hong Kong) 29
- International Chamber of Commerce Singapore (ICC Singapore) 34
- international commercial arbitration: cost of 255–256;
- international commercial courts, rise of 252–255
- International Derivatives and Swaps Association (ISDA) 245
- International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC) 43
- investment treaty arbitration see investor-state arbitration
- investor-state arbitration 7, 247–251
- IPRs see intellectual property rights (IPRs)
- ISDA see International Derivatives and Swaps Association (ISDA)
- Italy-China Business Mediation Centre (ICBMC) 42
- JAA see Japan Arbitration Act (JAA); Japan Association of Arbitrators (JAA)
- Japan 43–48;
- Japan Arbitration Act (JAA) 52;
- interim measures 127
- Japan Association of Arbitrators (JAA) 46
- Japan Commercial Arbitration Association (JCAA) 45–46;
- Japan Institute for International Arbitration Research and Training (JIIART) 46
- Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) 48
- Japan International Mediation Center (JIMC) 46
- Japan Shipping Exchange Inc (JSE) 46
- JCAA see Japan Commercial Arbitration Association (JCAA)
- JICA see Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
- JIIART see Japan Institute for International Arbitration Research and Training (JIIART)
- JIMC see Japan International Mediation Center (JIMC)
- joinder 229–232
- JSE see Japan Shipping Exchange Inc (JSE)
- judicial support 41–42, 208–223;
- Kobe Shipping Exchange Ltd 46
- Kobe Shipping Union 46
- law of the seat of arbitration: choice of law 110–111;
- laws of enforcing states, as source of validity: Geneva Convention 21;
- LCIA see London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA)
- legal systems of national courts, avoidance of 11
- level playing field, maintaining 170–173
- lex arbitri 110
- lex fori 115
- lex mercatoria 23, 113, 114, 262
- LMAA Terms (2021): appointment of tribunal 77–78;
- London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA): Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Guidelines (2025) 263
- Mainland China infrastructure: adjudication 43;
- Mareva injunctions 127–134
- maritime arbitration 238–242
- Maxwell Chambers 36, 166
- med-arb 202–203;
- mediation 198–202;
- MITs see Multilateral Investment Treaties (MITs)
- Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration (ML) 5–6, 12–13;
- most closely connected 4, 70;
- meaning 5
- multi-contract arbitrations 224–233
- Multilateral Investment Treaties (MITs) 6
- multiparty arbitrations 224–233
- narrative mediation 201
- New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (1958) 13–15, 253, 254;
- online hearings 180–181
- Orange List 87, 88, 90–91
- ORFS see outcome-related fee structure (ORFS) agreements
- outcome-related fee structure (ORFS) agreements 29
- Partial Final Award 182, 183, 185
- party autonomy 24, 138;
- PCA see Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA)
- Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) 34, 248, 249
- place: of arbitration 3, 4;
- pleadings: applications to amend 139–140;
- CIETAC Arbitration Rules (2024) 66;
- HKIAC Adjudication Rules (2009) 56;
- ICC Arbitration Rules (2021) 75;
- JCAA Commercial Arbitration Rules (2021) 69;
- LMAA Terms (2021) 78;
- Procedural Order No. 1 100–105, 120;
- second round of 102;
- SIAC Arbitration Rules (2025) 61;
- UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules (2021) 72
- Procedural Order No. 1 100–107;
- Redfern Schedule 148–149
- Red List 87, 89
- Report of the Construction Industry Review Committee 2001 (the Tang Report) 204
- Report on Third Party Funding for Arbitration (Law Reform Commission of Hong Kong) 31
- SAC see Shanghai Arbitration Commission (SAC)
- SCIA see Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration (SCIA)
- scrutiny of awards 196
- seat of arbitration: common law jurisdiction 85;
- security for costs 134–138;
- security of payment legislation (SOPL) 206–207
- Shanghai Arbitration Commission (SAC) 40
- Shanghai International Arbitration Center (SHIAC) 40
- Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration (SCIA) 40
- signature of awards 196
- Singapore Convention see UN Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation 2019 (aka Singapore Convention)
- Singapore infrastructure: adjudication 38;
- Singapore Institute of Arbitrators (SIArb) 36
- Singapore International Arbitration Act 1994 50
- Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) 36;
- Singapore International Commercial Court (SICC) 38, 252–255
- Singapore International Mediation Centre (SIMC) 36, 253
- Singapore Mediation Centre (SMC) 36
- SMC see Singapore Mediation Centre (SMC)
- Socratic dialogue 178
- solicitors: conflicts of interest 85
- SOPL see security of payment legislation (SOPL)
- state: laws of enforcing, as source of validity 20–23;
- substantive hearing 164–170;
- adjournment 167;
- “cards on the table” approach 168;
- chess clock procedure 166;
- closing submissions 164–165, 169;
- cross-examination 169;
- directions 166;
- document alone 164, 165;
- examination-in-chief 168;
- interlocutory applications 167;
- oral 164–166;
- oral opening submissions 168;
- time for 166;
- written closing submissions 164–165
- termination orders 197
- Terms of Reference (TOR) 76, 79
- third party funding 233–237
- Tokyo Maritime Arbitration Commissions (TOMAC) 46
- transformative mediation 201
- transnational law, as source of validity 23–25;
- trial 164–181;
- tribunal, appointment of: CIETAC Arbitration Rules (2024) 65;
- United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL): appointment of tribunal 71–72;
- United Nations General Assembly 12
- US-China Business Mediation Centre 42
- withdrawal of arbitrations 197
- witnesses: coaching 171;
- World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO): Arbitration and Mediation Centre 36
- Wuhan Arbitration Commission 40