Introduction

A Working Group of the United Nations Commission for International Trade Law ('UNCITRAL') is in the process of revising the UNCITRAL Rules of Arbitration ('Rules'). The Rules were introduced more than 30 years ago and were designed to offer a flexible set of procedures for any type of commercial dispute anywhere in the world. To this end the Rules have been remarkably successful but they are due for an upgrade to keep up with modern arbitral practice, and to continue to be useful for the more complicated and sometimes more controversial nature of international disputes brought ...