The Yearbook Commercial Arbitration continues its longstanding commitment to serving as a primary resource for the international arbitration community with reporting on arbitral awards and court decisions applying the leading arbitration conventions, as well as on arbitration legislation and rules. Volume XXXVI (2011) includes:

• excerpts of arbitral awards made under the auspices of, inter alia, the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC);

• notes on new and amended arbitration rules, including references to their online publication;

• notes on recent developments in arbitration law and practice in Australia, Brazil, Cape Verde, PR China, Costa Rica, France, Ghana, Greece, Hong Kong, Liechtenstein, Mexico, Moldova, Pakistan, Qatar, Singapore, Spain, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey, Ukraine and the United States;

• excerpts of 78 court decisions applying the 1958 New York Convention from 26 countries – including for the first time, cases from Albania, Ecuador, Poland, Ukraine and the United Arab Emirates – all indexed by subject matter and linked to the General Editor’s published commentaries on the New York Convention;

• an extensive Bibliography of recent books and journals on arbitration.

Introduction Prof. Albert Jan van den Berg, General Editor

Online Resources

ICCA Conference 2012

Note to the Reader

Table of Contents

Part I – National Reports

Note General Editor

Table of Contents of International Handbook on Commercial Arbitration

Part II – Arbitration Rules 15 New and Amended Arbitration Rules

Part III – Recent Developments in Arbitration Law and Practice

Recent Developments in Arbitration Law and Practice

Part IV – Arbitral Awards 27 Note General Editor

France

Arbitration Chamber of Paris

Part V – A. Court Decisions on the New York Convention 1958

Introduction

List of Contracting States (as of 1 November 2011)

Index of Cases Reported in Volume XXXVI (2011) Prof. Albert Jan van den Berg

Albania

Australia

Austria

Brazil

British Virgin Islands

Colombia

Ecuador

Germany

Hong Kong

Italy

Netherlands

Poland

Portugal

Russia

Singapore

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Ukraine

United Arab Emirates

United Kingdom

United States

Part V – B. Court Decisions on the European Convention 1961 499 List of Contracting States and Signatories (as of 1 November 2011) 501

Commentary on the European Convention 1961 Dominique Hascher

Part V – C. Court Decisions on the Washington Convention 1965