Abstract

At the January 2005 meeting of the UNCITRAL Working Group on Arbitration and Conciliation, the Working Group continued its consideration of draft Article 17(7) of the UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration, authorizing arbitrators to order interim relief on an ex parte basis. Although "[t]here remained divisions in the Working Group as to whether or not to include a provision" on ex parte interim relief in draft Article 17, the Working Group nonetheless agreed: (1) to adopt an opt-out rule for parties-i.e., to set the default so that arbitrators are ...