ADGM Arbitration Regulations · Abu Dhabi Global Market
Arbitration Regulations 2015
A reference record of Arbitration Regulations 2015, drawn from the instrument's own official text. It sets out how the law is organised — its Parts, its section count and its length — and links to the text itself. It does not interpret the law or offer advice on it.
Where this instrument arises in our work: Arbitration
At a glance
| Citation | Arbitration Regulations 2015 |
| Instrument type | ADGM Arbitration Regulations |
| Enacted | 2015 |
| Jurisdiction | Abu Dhabi Global Market |
| Parts | 4 |
| Numbered sections | 62 |
| Chapters | 8 |
How Arbitration Regulations 2015 is organised
The 4 Parts below are the instrument's own divisions, in the order the official text sets them out.
| Part | Heading |
|---|---|
| Part 1 | General |
| Part 2 | Scope Of Application |
| Part 3 | Arbitration |
| Part 4 | The Recognition And Enforcement Of Awards |
What Arbitration Regulations 2015 covers, section by section
The 62 section headings below are the instrument's own, reproduced in its order. They are a map of the law, not a summary of it — for the wording of any article, read the official text.
- Title
- Legislative authority
- Application of the Regulations
- Date of enactment
- Date of commencement
- Language
- Interpretation
- Scope of application of Regulations
- Mandatory and non-mandatory provisions
- Receipt of written communications
- Waiver and loss of right to object
- Extent of court intervention
- Authority of the Court to perform functions of arbitration assistance and supervision
- Arbitration agreement
- Separability of arbitration agreement
- Stay of legal proceedings
- Death of a party
- Number of arbitrators
- Appointment of arbitrators
- Grounds for challenge
- Challenge procedure
- Failure or impossibility to act
- Appointment of substitute arbitrator
- Liability of arbitral tribunal and others
- Competence of arbitral tribunal to rule on its jurisdiction
- Objection to substantive jurisdiction of tribunal
- Determination of preliminary point of jurisdiction
- Power of arbitral tribunal to order interim measures
- Power of arbitral tribunal to order security for costs
- Recognition and enforcement of interim measures by the Court
- Power of the Court to order interim measures
- Privacy of arbitration related court proceedings
- Fair treatment of parties
- Determination of rules of procedure
- Seat of arbitration
- Commencement of arbitral proceedings
- Consolidation orders
- Disclosure of a third-party funding agreement
- Joinder of Additional Parties
- Language
- Statements of claim and defence
- Hearings and written proceedings
- Summary disposal of claims, counterclaims and defences
- Confidentiality of arbitral proceedings and awards
- Party and Party Representative conduct
- Default of a party
- Expert appointed by the arbitral tribunal
- Court assistance in taking evidence
- Rules applicable to substance of dispute
- Decision making by panel of arbitrators
- Remedies
- Interest
- Settlement
- Awards on different aspects of matters
- Form and contents of award
- Termination of proceedings
- Correction and interpretation of award; additional award
- Application for setting aside as exclusive recourse against arbitral award
- Waiver of the right to bring an action for setting aside
- Application of this Part
- Recognition and enforcement of awards
- Grounds for refusing recognition or enforcement
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