Proceedings without hearings in international commercial arbitration
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.26439/iusetpraxis2022.n054.5277Keywords:
COVID-19, international commercial arbitration, arbitral proceedings, hearings, documents-only arbitrationAbstract
In international commercial arbitration, hearings allow the arbitral tribunal to listen to each party’s arguments. At hearings, each party may also call witnesses and experts. Neither the UNCITRAL Model Law nor the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules provide expressly for the right to a hearing, meaning that de lege data there is no such right. Thus, the decision on whether or not to hold a hearing rests primarily with the parties or, depending on the case, with the arbitral tribunal. The arbitration community’s response to COVID-19 has stressed substituting face-to-face hearings with virtual hearings. Yet the question of whether such hearings are (or are not) necessary remains largely overlooked. This article examines the idea of arbitral proceedings without hearings.
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