A Guide to the DIAC Arbitration Rules

Abstract

This book is a professional guide to the DIAC arbitration rules. It is the first-ever published commentary on the DIAC arbitration rules since the DIAC’s establishment in 2004. The work introduces the legal and institutional frameworks for arbitration in Dubai. The background chapters provide important context on the growth of arbitration in Dubai and the UAE and the transformation of the DIAC and its organs over time, and include a summary of the UAE federal and DIFC arbitration laws. The main chapters of the guide present a comprehensive rule-by-rule analysis of each of the DIAC arbitration rules and their appendices, offering tribunals, lawyers in private practice, and in-house legal counsel practical commentary on the operation and application of the DIAC rules in ad hoc and DIAC-administered arbitrations. In being the first book of its kind dedicated to any arbitral institution in the Arab world, this text will also be of interest for researchers and professionals concerned with state policy, the rule of law, and the role of legal and other institutions in domestic and transnational dispute resolution.