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The benefits of any dispute resolution process can be considered both objectively and based on perception. This chapter explores international arbitration from the viewpoint of the client, in particular, the client who is involved in the resources, energy and construction sectors. This is examined by taking into account a number of recent international arbitration surveys and reflecting on recent procedural initiatives aimed at improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the arbitration process. Some suggestions are made regarding how international arbitration might better satisfy the client’s expectations.
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- 1.
International arbitration: Corporate Attitudes and Practices 2008, Queen Mary University of London/Price Waterhouse Coopers.
- 2.
Lucy Reed, ‘More on Corporate Criticism of International Arbitration’, on Walters Kluwer Law & Business, Kluwer Arbitration Blog (16 July 2010) http://kluwerarbitrationblog.com/blog/2010/07/16/more-on-corporate-criticism-of-international-arbitration/.
- 3.
2013 International Arbitration Survey: Corporate choices in International Arbitration—Industry Perspectives, Queen Mary University of London/PwC, 4.
- 4.
2010 International Arbitration Survey: Choices in International Arbitration, Queen Mary University of London/White & Case LLP, 3.
- 5.
Nicholas C Ulmer, ‘The Cost Conundrum’ (2010) 26 (2) Arbitration International, 221, 224.
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Ibid; Jose Maria Abascal Zamora, ‘Reducing Time and Costs in International. Arbitration, Modern Law for Global Commerce’ (paper delivered to the Congress to Celebrate 40th Annual Session of UNCITRAL, Vienna, July 2007).
- 7.
Reed, above n 2.
- 8.
Ibid.
- 9.
Ibid.
- 10.
Ibid.
- 11.
2012 International Arbitration Survey: Current and Preferred Practices in the Arbitral Process, Queen Mary University of London/White & Case LLP.
- 12.
2012 International Arbitration Survey: Current and Preferred Practices in the Arbitral Process, above n 11, 2.
- 13.
2013 International Arbitration Survey: Corporate choices in International Arbitration—Industry Perspectives, above n 3, 5.
- 14.
Costs of International Arbitration Survey 2011, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.
- 15.
2013 International Arbitration Survey: Corporate choices in International Arbitration—Industry Perspectives, above n 3, 21.
- 16.
Ibid, 8.
- 17.
Christopher Newmark, in Lawrence W Newman and Richard D Hill (eds), The Leading Arbitrator’s Guide to International Arbitration (JurisNet, 2nd ed, 2008), 81.
- 18.
Jean E Kalicki, ‘Controlling Time and Costs in Arbitration: A progress report (Part 1 of 2)’ on Walters Kluwer Law & Business, Kluwer Arbitration Blog (21 November 2011) http://kluwerarbitrationblog.com/blog/2011/11/21/controlling-time-and-costs-in-arbitration-a-progress-report-part-1-of-2/.
- 19.
Jean-Claude Najar, ‘Inside Out: A user’s perspective on challenges in international arbitration’ (2009) 25 (4) Arbitration International 515, 515.
- 20.
Kalicki, above n 18.
- 21.
Najar, above n 19, 517.
- 22.
Michael McIlwrath, ‘Faster, Cheaper: Global Initiatives to Promote Efficiency in International Arbitration’ (2010) 76 Arbitration 568, 568.
- 23.
See generally, Justice Clyde Croft, ‘The Revised UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules of 2010: A Commentary’ (Speech delivered at AMINZ/IAMA Conference, Christchurch. August 2010).
- 24.
Professor Doug Jones, ‘International Commercial Arbitration and Australia’ (Speech delivered at the Australian-European Lawyers Conference, Canberra, March 2007).
- 25.
Article 22.1 (the obligation is also stated to be on the parties).
- 26.
Article 17.1.
- 27.
Ibid.
- 28.
Ulmer, above n 5, 242.
- 29.
Andrew Stephenson, ‘Creating Efficient Dispute Resolution Processes: Lessons Learnt from International Arbitration’ (2004) 20 BCL 151, 158.
- 30.
Ulmer, above n 5, 242.
- 31.
Ibid, 230.
- 32.
2010 International Arbitration Survey: Choices in International Arbitration, above n 4.
- 33.
See generally, Najar, above n 19.
- 34.
McIlwrath, above n 22.
- 35.
2013 International Arbitration Survey, Corporate choices in International Arbitration—Industry Perspectives, above n 3, 1.
- 36.
Najar, above n 19.
- 37.
Ibid.
- 38.
Michael Mcilwrath, Roland Schroeder, ‘The View from an International Arbitration Customer: in Dire Need of Early Resolution’ (2008) 74 (1) Arbitration 3.
- 39.
Andrew Clarke, ‘International Arbitration: Current Corporate Concerns (2009) 20 (2) ICC International Court of Arbitration Bulletin 1, 8.
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Steinepreis, G., Teng, EM. (2015). International Arbitration and the Client’s Perspective. In: Moens, G., Evans, P. (eds) Arbitration and Dispute Resolution in the Resources Sector. Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice, vol 43. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17452-5_13
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