International Arbitration 2025

POLAND

Lithuania

Poland

Belarus

Warsaw

Law and Practice Contributed by: Justyna Kucia, Katarzyna Paczuska-Tokarska, Barnaba Skibniewski and Anna Tujakowska Sołtysiński Kawecki & Szlęzak

Ukraine

Czech Republic

Slovakia

Contents 1. General p.630 1.1 Prevalence of Arbitration p.630 1.2 Key Industries p.630 1.3 Arbitration Institutions p.630 1.4 National Courts p.631 2. Governing Legislation p.631 2.1 Governing Law p.631 2.2 Changes to National Law p.631 3. The Arbitration Agreement p.631 3.1 Enforceability p.631 3.2 Arbitrability p.632 3.3 National Courts’ Approach p.632 3.4 Validity p.633 4. The Arbitral Tribunal p.633 4.1 Limits on Selection p.633 4.2 Default Procedures p.633 4.3 Court Intervention p.633 4.4 Challenge and Removal of Arbitrators p.633 4.5 Arbitrator Requirements p.634 5. Jurisdiction p.634 5.1 Challenges to Jurisdiction p.634 5.2 Circumstances for Court Intervention p.634 5.3 Timing of Challenge p.634 5.4 Standard of Judicial Review for Jurisdiction/ Admissibility p.634 5.5 Breach of Arbitration Agreement p.635 5.6 Jurisdiction Over Third Parties p.635 6. Preliminary and Interim Relief p.635

8. Evidence p.636 8.1 Collection and Submission of Evidence p.636 8.2 Rules of Evidence p.636 8.3 Powers of Compulsion p.637 9. Confidentiality p.637 9.1 Extent of Confidentiality p.637 10. The Award p.637 10.1 Legal Requirements p.637 10.2 Types of Remedies p.637 10.3 Recovering Interest and Legal Costs p.637 11. Review of an Award p.638 11.1 Grounds for Appeal p.638 11.2 Excluding/Expanding the Scope of Appeal p.638

11.3 Standard of Judicial Review p.638 12. Enforcement of an Award p.639 12.1 New York Convention p.639 12.2 Enforcement Procedure p.639 12.3 Approach of the Courts p.639 13. Miscellaneous p.639 13.1 Class Action or Group Arbitration p.639 13.2 Ethical Codes p.640 13.3 Third-Party Funding p.640 13.4 Consolidation p.640 13.5 Binding of Third Parties p.640

6.1 Types of Relief p.635 6.2 Role of Courts p.635 6.3 Security for Costs p.635 7. Procedure p.636

7.1 Governing Rules p.636 7.2 Procedural Steps p.636 7.3 Powers and Duties of Arbitrators p.636 7.4 Legal Representatives p.636

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