Promoting International Relations through Commercial Arbitration Law: the International Context and the New Framework for International Arbitration in Bangladesh

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Pryles M. Waincymer J. Davies M. International Trade Law, Sydney, LBC Information Services, 1996, at 40–1.

For a discussion on the issues and problems involved in litigation as a means of dispute settlement, see for examples, Waincymer Pryles Davies , op. tit., at 533–550. On international litigation see also, for example, Cromie S. Park W. , International Commercial Litigation, Sydney, Butterworths, 1990, at 550–590. Both these sources extract a number of leading cases in this regard.

Sheffield William , ‘Disputes Among Business Partners Should Be Mediated or Arbitrated, Not Litigated’ in Rao P.C. Sheffield William (Eds), Alternative Dispute Resolution, New Delhi, Universal Law Publishing Co. 1997, 288–291, at 289.

Chandra Sarvesh , ‘ADR: Is Conciliation the Best Choice?’ in Rao P.C. Sheffield William (Eds), Alternative Dispute Resolution, New Delhi, Universal Law Publishing Co. 1997, 82–92, at 92.

For a general discussion on this, see, for example, Mahbub S. KGolam , ‘The Relationship between ADR and The Courts’ in Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) in Commercial Disputes: The UK and Bangladesh Perspectives, Dhaka, self-published, Mahbub S.K. Golam , 2005, 59–68.

Pryles M. Waincymer J. Davies M. , International Trade Law, Sydney, LBC Information Services, 1996, at 649.

Pryles Professor Michael , ‘Institutional International Arbitrations’, [1991] (Nov.) The Arbitrator 127.

Redforn Alan Hunter Martin , Law and Practice of International Commercial Arbitration, quoted by Verma J.S. , ‘International Arbitration’ in Rao P.C. Sheffield William (Eds), Alternative Dispute Resolution, New Delhi, Universal Law Publishing Co., 1997, 13–18, at 14.

Verma J.S. , ‘International Arbitration’ in Rao P.C. Sheffield William (Eds), Alternative Dispute Resolution, New Delhi, Universal Law Publishing Co., 1997, 13–18, at 13.

UN General Assembly Resolution 2205 (XXI), 17 December 1966.

See, for example, Faria Jose Angelo Estrella , Legal Harmonization Through Model Law: The Experience of the UNCITRAL, http://www.uncitral.org .

Ibid.

Ibid.

Alam M. Shah Professor , ‘A Possible Way Out of Backlog in our Judiciary’ The Daily Star, A National Daily Newspaper, Dhaka, 16 April 2000.

Mahbub S.K. Golam , Op. Cit. p. 16.

Chawla S.K. , Law of Arbitration And Conciliation, Practice and Procedure, New Delhi, Eastern Law House Private Ltd., 1998, at 272,; quoting Russel on Arbitration (19th Ed, 1979), at 99.

For discussion on context of the UK Act, see for example, ‘A New: Arbitration Act for the United Kingdom? The Response The Response of the Department Advisory Committee to the UNCITRAL Model Law’ (lord Lord Justice Mustill), published in [1989] 6 Arbitration International 3, at 37.

Sandborg David , ‘Arbitration Law Reform in Asia: Ready for the 21st Century’ (2003) Vol II CAA Arbitration Journal, 69, at 76.

The German Arbitral Law can be applied not only to international commercial arbitration; but also to local arbitration and non-commercial matters in Germany. For more information, see, for example, Martínez Miguel Checa Professor , ‘The Harmonization of the Law in International Commercial Arbitration’, in Revista de la Corte Española de Arbitrate, 1998, pages 353 ff, quoted in Juan Eduardo Fgueroa Valdes, The New Chilean Law On International. Commercial Arbitration, Santiago, Chile, June 2005, see www.fihsabogados.cl .

Arbitration Law 1993. For a discussion on this, see, for example, Rodríguez Díaz Manuel , ‘El desarrollo del Arbitraje Comercial en las ultimas décadas en México’, Revista Iberoamericana de Arbitraje, May 2001, quoted in Juan Eduardo Figueroa Valdes, The New Chilean Law On International Commercial Arbitration, Santiago, Chile, June 2005, see www.fihsabogados.cl .

Rule Number 60-2003, December 2003, applies to local and international arbitration. For comparisons between the Spanish Law and the Chilean law, see Gonzalo , ‘Breakthrough for International Commercial Arbitration in Chile’, (2004) 59 Dispute Resolution Journal 65.

This long transcription is contained in a footnote in Article lof the UNCITRAL Model Law. Many countries, when adopting the Model Law, have incorporated this note in the text, as in the Province of British Columbia in Canada, in Cyprus, Egypt, Nigeria; and Scotland. See Figueroa Valdes Juan Eduardo , The New Chilean Law on International Commercial Arbitration, Santiago, Chile, June 2005, www.fihsabogados.cl.

Section 3, Arbitration Act 2001, (Bangladesh).

Section 9, Arbitration Act 2001, (Bangladesh).

Section 7 & 10, Arbitration Act 2001, (Bangladesh).

Section 11, Arbitration Act 2001, (Bangladesh)..

Section 12, Arbitration Act 2001, (Bangladesh).

Section 17, Arbitration Act 2001, (Bangladesh).

Section 18, Arbitration Act 2001, (Bangladesh).

Section 19, Arbitration Act 2001, (Bangladesh).

Section 20, Arbitration Act 2001, (Bangladesh).

Section 12, Arbitration Act 2001, (Bangladesh).

Section 14, Arbitration Act 2001, (Bangladesh).

Section 17, Arbitration Act 2001, (Bangladesh).

Section 43, Arbitration Act 2001, (Bangladesh).

See United Nations Comité for Commercial Law Yearbook, volume XVI, 1985, at 11 ff.

Article 21, Arbitration Act 2001, (Bangladesh.).

See Shwartz Eric , The ICC Arbitration Rules and The UNCITRAL Model Law, Arbitration International, Vol. 9 N 3 LCIA, 1993, at 239 ff.

Section 23, Arbitration Act 2001, (Bangladesh).

Section 24, Arbitration Act 2001, (Bangladesh).

Section 36, Arbitration Act 2001, (Bangladesh).

Section 37, Arbitration Act 2001, (Bangladesh).

Section 41, Arbitration Act 2001, (Bangladesh).

Section 42, Arbitration Act 2001, (Bangladesh).

Section 45, Arbitration Act 2001, (Bangladesh).

Section 21, Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996 (India).

Section 31(3), Arbitration and Conciliation Ad 1996 (India).

Section 14(1)(a), Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996 (India).

Section 5 and 16(6), Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996 (India).

Section 34(2), Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996 (India).

Section 17, Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996 (India).

Reported in 10 Bangladesh Law Chronicles (BLC) (2005) 245

Reported in 10 Bangladesh Laiv Chronicles (BLC) (2005) 614

Section 10 of the Arbitration Act 2001 provides that where any legal proceedings are commenced at the instance of one party in respect of the matter covered by the arbitration agreement, the other party before filing written statement can apply to the court to make an arbitral reference to arbitration tribunal and stay the further proceedings of the suit. Unless the court finds the arbitration agreement void, inoperative or incapable of determination by arbitration it shall refer the matter to arbitration and stay the legal proceedings.

Section 10 of the Arbitration Act 2001 (Bangladesh).

Section 37, Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996 (India).

Section 19(4), Arbitration Act 2001 (Bangladesh).

Article 35 and 36, UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration, 1985 .

Faria Jose Aigelo Estrella , Legal Harmonization Through Model Law: The Experience of the UNCITRAL, See http://www.uncitral.org

e.g. India, Canada, Germany, New Zealand, Srilanka.

e.g. Egypt, Iran, and Oman.