Last week, the International Bar Association adopted new “IBA Guidelines on Party Representation in International Arbitration.” The guidelines were reportedly designed to create a more uniform and equitable experience for both attorneys and arbitrators engaged in international arbitral disputes.
According to the International Bar Association:
The committee and its Task Force on Counsel Conduct have produced guidelines for party representation and counsel conduct in international arbitration.
The IBA Guidelines on Party Representation in International Arbitration (the ‘Guidelines’) are inspired by the principle that party representatives should act with integrity and honesty and should not engage in activities designed to produce unnecessary delay or expense, including tactics aimed at obstructing the arbitration proceedings.
A copy of the new guidelines may be downloaded from the IBA’s Arbitration Committee website. Disputing would like to thank Edna Sussman, Distinguished ADR Practitioner in Residence at Fordham Law School, for bringing the new guidelines to our attention.
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