SCC Practice: Emergency Arbitrator. Decisions rendered 2010, by Johan LundstedtThe new SCC Rules on an Emergency Arbitrator has attracted a lot of attention since they were introduced on 1 January 2010. The SCC has therefore decided to release abstracts of the four Emergency Arbitrator cases received during the rules’ first year into force. The abstracts are included in an article, written Johan Lundstedt, SCC Legal Counsel, and reveal many interesting details of the cases such as the nationalities of the parties, the interim measures requested and the reasoning of the Emergency Arbitrators.
Download article The New IBA Rules on the Taking of Evidence in International Arbitration - from a Cost-efficiency perspective, by Stefan BrockerProactive case management will ensure efficiency in international arbitration, argues Stefan Brocker, managing partner at Mannheimer Swartling, in an article on the new IBA Rules on the Taking of Evidence in International Arbitration. Brocker finds that the new rules by emphasing effectiveness can help reduce time and cost but can also be cost driving as they anticipate the use of witness statements and document procuction orders.
Download article Challenges to Arbitrators - Decisions by the SCC Board during 2008–2010, by Niklas LindströmWhere some challenges to arbitrators are well founded and justifiable, others may be presented mainly for tactical reasons, Niklas Lindström concludes in an article on challenges to arbitrators made under the SCC Rules during 2008-2010. The article covers applicable law and rules, SCC statistics and a presentation of the SCC cases where a decision on a challenge has been made.
Download article Decision of the Svea Court of Appeal, Judgment rendered 25 September 2006 in case No. Ö 1952-05, “The Soyak case”In SIAR 2008:3 you find two commentaries to the Soyak decision from the Swedish Supreme Court on whether the fee to arbitrators established by an arbitral institution can be appealed under the Swedish Arbitration Act. The commentaries are written by Patrik Schöldström, Appeal Court Justice, and Marie Öhrström, SCC Deputy Secretary General.
Download article SCC Practice: Challenges to Arbitrators SCC Board decisions 2005-2007Helena Jung
Download article Fast Track Arbitration - the SCC ExperienceArticle by Annette Magnusson 2001-06-13
Download article Government Guarantee caseCase summary with observations by Hans Smit, published in SAR 2003:1.
Download article The standard of Independence and Impartiality for arbitrators in International Arbitration- A comparative study between the standards of the SCC, the ICC, the LCIA and the AAA
This thesis compares the standards of independence and impartiality (1) in recent practices of the SCC and the ICC and (2) in the procedures of the SCC, the ICC, the LCIA and the AAA. Author: Ms Helena Jung (Master’s thesis Faculty of Law, Uppsala University, Sweden with internship at the SCC spring 2008).
Download article Arbitrability of Russian Real Estate Disputes
Mr Jeffrey Hertzfeld, Salans, Paris and Mr Mikhail K. Ivanov, Salans, St. Petersburg