1. Page 1 www.dbj.at Warsaw, 16 June 2011 Standards in International Arbitration: Practice and Tools YIAG Briefing & Roundtable

2. Page 2 www.dbj.at DORDA BRUGGER JORDIS Prominent Tools ■ UNCITRAL Notes on Organizing Arbitral Proceedings http://www.uncitral.org/pdf/english/texts/arbitration/arb-notes/arb-notes-e.pdfhttp://www.uncitral.org/pdf/english/texts/arbitration/arb-notes/arb-notes-e.pdf ■ IBA Guidelines on Conflicts of Interest in International Arbitration (2004) ■ IBA Guidelines on Drafting International Arbitration Clauses (2010) ■ IBA Rules on the Taking of Evidence in International Arbitration (2010) http://www.ibanet.org/Publications/publications_IBA_guides_and_free_materials.aspx ■ ICC Techniques for Controlling Time and Costs in Arbitration http://www.iccwbo.org/policy/arbitration/id2882/index.html http://www.iccwbo.org/policy/arbitration/id2882/index.html ■ The CPR Protocol http://www.cpradr.org/Resources/ALLCPRArticles/tabid/265/ID/614/CPR-Protocol-on-Disclosure-of-Documents- and-Presentation-of-Witnesses-in-Commercial-Arbitration.aspx http://www.cpradr.org/Resources/ALLCPRArticles/tabid/265/ID/614/CPR-Protocol-on-Disclosure-of-Documents- and-Presentation-of-Witnesses-in-Commercial-Arbitration.aspx

3. Page 3 www.dbj.at DORDA BRUGGER JORDIS The IBA Rules on the Taking of Evidence ■ Consultation on Evidentiary Issues (Art. 2) ■ Document Production (Art. 3) ■ Witnesses and Experts Art. 4 - Witnesses of fact Art. 5 - Party appointed experts Art. 6 - Tribunal appointed experts ■ Inspections (Art. 7) ■ Evidentiary Hearings (Art. 8) ■ Admissibility and Assessment of Evidence (Art. 9)

4. Page 4 www.dbj.at DORDA BRUGGER JORDIS What's new? ■ Principles of fair trial and bona fides - Preamble ■ "Meet and Consult" - Art. 2 ■ E-Disclosure Art. 3(3)(a)(ii) ■ Request to produce shall contain a statement as to how documents are relevant to the case and material to its outcome - Art. 3(3)(b) ■ Enhanced confidentiality - Art 3(13) ■ Expert witnesses: Statement of independence also of party appointed experts – Art.5(2)(c) ■ Witness appearance in hearings required only upon request of one of the Parties or the Arbitral Tribunal - Art. 8(1)

5. Page 5 www.dbj.at DORDA BRUGGER JORDIS Disclosure of Documents - Chances and Risks ■ From the Arbitral Tribunal's perspective  Burden of proof approach  Lengthy interim procedure  Issues of privileged confidentiality  Fair trial ■ From the Parties' perspective  Chance to handle evidentiary problems  Risk to lose control about own evidence  Issues of privileged confidentiality

6. Page 6 www.dbj.at DORDA BRUGGER JORDIS Disclosure Request - How to Deal with Parties From Different Legal Systems? ■ The civil law approach ■ The common law approach ■ IBA Rules ■ Discretion of the Arbitral Tribunal ■ Fair trial

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