Handbook of ICC Arbitration: Commentary, Precedents, Materials 3rd ed

The Handbook of ICC Arbitration provides expert analysis of the whole process of using and adhering to the ICC Arbitration Rules.

This 3rd edition of the Handbook offers:

• A detailed rule-by-rule analysis of the 2012 ICC Rules, prepared based on experience as arbitrators, counsel and as ICC Court members
• Reviews the first two years’ practice under the 2012 Rules
• Provides practical guidance with respect to conduct of proceedings with reference to procedure adopted in many recent ICC arbitrations, the IBA Rules on the Taking of Evidence in International Arbitration (2010), the IBA Rules on the Conflict of Interest in International Arbitration and the IBA Guidelines on Party Representation in International Arbitration
• Discusses the recent case law in major centres of arbitration, including Dallah in the UK and in France, SNF in France, Yukos Oil, C v D, Sulamérica in the UK, Oxford Health Plans and COMMISA in the USA
• Discusses the new French Law on Arbitration
• Reviews basic concepts in ICC arbitration such as:
  • How the ICC Court function in its Plenary and Court Sessions
  • The law applicable to and scope of the arbitration agreement
  • Arbitrability in particular under US law
  • The differing approaches to nonsignatories under various national laws
  • Annulment of Awards and enforcement of anulled awards
  • The role and liability of the ICC
  • The role and liability of arbitrators
• Provides examples of documents used in ICC Arbitration
• Includes a copy of the relevant laws from France, Switzerland, England, the United States as well as the UNCITRAL Model Law and the New York Convention
• Provides in one volume what is needed to conduct an ICC arbitration wherever it may be held