MALTA
Italy
Malta
Tunisia
Law and Practice Contributed by:
Antoine Cremona, Louis Cassar Pullicino, Clement Mifsud-Bonnici and Yasmine Ellul Ganado Advocates
Contents 1. General p.491 1.1 Prevalence of Arbitration p.491 1.2 Key Industries p.491 1.3 Arbitration Institutions p.491 1.4 National Courts p.492 2. Governing Legislation p.492 2.1 Governing Law p.492 2.2 Changes to National Law p.492 3. The Arbitration Agreement p.493 3.1 Enforceability p.493 3.2 Arbitrability p.493 3.3 National Courts’ Approach p.493 3.4 Validity p.494 4. The Arbitral Tribunal p.494 4.1 Limits on Selection p.494 4.2 Default Procedures p.494 4.3 Court Intervention p.495 4.4 Challenge and Removal of Arbitrators p.495 4.5 Arbitrator Requirements p.495 5. Jurisdiction p.495 5.1 Challenges to Jurisdiction p.495 5.2 Circumstances for Court Intervention p.496 5.3 Timing of Challenge p.496 5.4 Standard of Judicial Review for Jurisdiction/ Admissibility p.496 5.5 Breach of Arbitration Agreement p.496 5.6 Jurisdiction Over Third Parties p.496 6. Preliminary and Interim Relief p.497
8. Evidence p.499 8.1 Collection and Submission of Evidence p.499 8.2 Rules of Evidence p.499 8.3 Powers of Compulsion p.499 9. Confidentiality p.500 9.1 Extent of Confidentiality p.500 10. The Award p.500 10.1 Legal Requirements p.500 10.2 Types of Remedies p.500 10.3 Recovering Interest and Legal Costs p.501 11. Review of an Award p.501 11.1 Grounds for Appeal p.501 11.2 Excluding/Expanding the Scope of Appeal p.502
11.3 Standard of Judicial Review p.502 12. Enforcement of an Award p.502 12.1 New York Convention p.502 12.2 Enforcement Procedure p.502 12.3 Approach of the Courts p.503 13. Miscellaneous p.503 13.1 Class Action or Group Arbitration p.503 13.2 Ethical Codes p.503 13.3 Third-Party Funding p.504 13.4 Consolidation p.504 13.5 Binding of Third Parties p.504
6.1 Types of Relief p.497 6.2 Role of Courts p.497 6.3 Security for Costs p.497 7. Procedure p.498
7.1 Governing Rules p.498 7.2 Procedural Steps p.498 7.3 Powers and Duties of Arbitrators p.498 7.4 Legal Representatives p.499
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