Handbook of UNCITRAL Arbitration Commentary, Precedents & Models for UNCITRAL-based Arbitration Rules

Commentary to UNCITRAL Rules of Arbitration:

• Introductory Provisions
• Arbitration Agreement
• Notice of Arbitration
• Response
• Appointing Authorities
• The Arbitral Tribunal
• The Arbitral Proceedings
• Awards
• Costs
• Model Arbitration Clause

Commentary on UNCITRAL Arbitration under Sample BIT’s

• Dispute Resolution Provisions
• Definition of Investors and Investments
• Fair and Equitable Treatment; Most favoured nation provisions
• Expropriation

Models, Precedents and Examples:

• List of Models, Precedents and Examples
• Introduction Regarding Models, Precedents and Examples

Sample documents:

• Notice of Arbitration
• Terms of Appointment
• Submission of a list of possible arbitrators by the Appointing Authority
• Decision on challenge by an Appointing Authority
• Basic procedural orders
• Form for disclosure of documents
• Statement of Claim
• Statement of Defence
• Partial Award
• Final Award
• Additional Award
• Termination Order

Appendices and Further Materials:

• UNCITRAL Rules of Arbitration: Foreword and Appendices
• List of other Dispute Resolution Services
• New York Convention
• Excerpt from the French New Code of Civil Procedure
• Excerpt from the Swiss Private International Law
• Excerpt from the US Federal Arbitration Act
• Excerpt form the English Arbitration Act 1996
• IBA Rules of Evidence (2010)
• IBA Guidelines on Conflict of Interest
• ABA/AAA Code of Ethics for Arbitrators