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DIAC Arbitration Rules 2022 and Dubai Decree 34: transition from DIFC-LCIA/EMAC and key changes on DIFC seat, consolidation and joinder, expedited and interim measures, costs, and virtual hearings

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This Practice Note examines the implications of replacing the DIAC Arbitration Rules 2007 with the 2022 rules, together with the impact of Decree No 34 of 2021 concerning the Dubai International Arbitration Centre (Decree No 34)...

Introduction

The Dubai International Arbitration Centre (DIAC) has released the DIAC Arbitration Rules 2022 (2022 Rules). Taking effect on 21 March 2022, the 2022 Rules superseded the earlier DIAC Arbitration Rules 2007 (2007 Rules). Their arrival follows the controversial Decree No 34 of 2021 concerning DIAC (Decree No 34)...

Decree No 34 abolished:

the DIFC Arbitration Institute (DAI), the body that had formed a joint venture with the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) to create the DIFC-LCIA Arbitration Centre; and
the Emirates Maritime Arbitration Centre (EMAC), with both DAI and EMAC being consolidated into DIAC...

Decree No 34 further provided that:

arbitration clauses designating DAI and EMAC would continue to be valid and operative, but DIAC would replace those institutions in administering disputes arising from such agreements; and
arbitral tribunals constituted before the date on which Decree No 34 came into force in cases...

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Vivek Kapoor

39 Essex Chambers

Vivek Kapoor is a barrister and arbitrator at 39 Essex Chambers. He is specialist advocate with a practice in international arbitration and commercial litigation. He is recognised for his expertise in high-value, multijurisdictional cases related to energy, infrastructure and construction, natural resources, mining and commodities, banking and financial services, civil fraud and asset tracing, sanctions, investor-state dispute settlement and public international law. He is described in leading legal directories as “an excellent litigator”, “an expert in law”, “an excellent advocate” and “a great strategic decision maker”. Clients rate “his ability to find novel legal solutions to some of the most difficult situations is remarkable” and that he “thinks of every scenario for a case and prepares for each one, including complex and difficult ones”. His “ability to make simple arguments explaining complex legal points in both law and fact” is described as “a case...

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