International Arbitration and National Courts: The Never Ending Story

The 1958 New York Convention which has been effectively applied for more than forty years; new arbitration legislation throughout the world based on the highly successful UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration; and an ever-increasing body of arbitration specialists in the legal community have all contributed to improving the relationship between national courts and arbitration. Yet many issues still remain in this 'never-ending story'. They are explored in ICCA Congress Series no. 10 containing the proceedings of the ICCA Conference 2000 held in New Delhi, India, in March 2000. This Conference, hosted by the Indian Council of Arbitration, explored four topics covering the full range of the arbitral process: The Contract: Ensuring its Validity and Effectivenes The Arbitral Proceedings: The Arbitrator's Responsibilities for the Proper Conduct of Proceedings and the Role of the Courts in Providing Support and Supervision Interim Relief: The Role of Arbitrators and the Courts Enforcement and Setting Aside of Awards. These issues are addressed both from a global point of view and with a particular focus on the recent Indian Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996, the text of which is reproduced in the Annex.