SENEGAL Law and Practice Contributed by: Aboubacar Fall AF Legal
Mauritania
Senegal
Dakar
Mali
The Gambia
Guinea- Bissau
Guinea
Contents 1. General p.690 1.1 Prevalence of Arbitration p.690 1.2 Key Industries p.690 1.3 Arbitration Institutions p.691 1.4 National Courts p.691 2. Governing Legislation p.691 2.1 Governing Law p.691 2.2 Changes to National Law p.692 3. The Arbitration Agreement p.692 3.1 Enforceability p.692 3.2 Arbitrability p.692 3.3 National Courts’ Approach p.693 3.4 Validity p.693 4. The Arbitral Tribunal p.694 4.1 Limits on Selection p.694 4.2 Default Procedures p.694 4.3 Court Intervention p.694 4.4 Challenge and Removal of Arbitrators p.695 4.5 Arbitrator Requirements p.695 5. Jurisdiction p.696 5.1 Challenges to Jurisdiction p.696 5.2 Circumstances for Court Intervention p.696 5.3 Timing of Challenge p.696 5.4 Standard of Judicial Review for Jurisdiction/ Admissibility p.696 5.5 Breach of Arbitration Agreement p.697 5.6 Jurisdiction Over Third Parties p.697 6. Preliminary and Interim Relief p.697
8. Evidence p.700 8.1 Collection and Submission of Evidence p.700 8.2 Rules of Evidence p.700 8.3 Powers of Compulsion p.700 9. Confidentiality p.701 9.1 Extent of Confidentiality p.701 10. The Award p.701 10.1 Legal Requirements p.701 10.2 Types of Remedies p.701 10.3 Recovering Interest and Legal Costs p.701 11. Review of an Award p.701 11.1 Grounds for Appeal p.701 11.2 Excluding/Expanding the Scope of Appeal p.702
11.3 Standard of Judicial Review p.702 12. Enforcement of an Award p.702 12.1 New York Convention p.702 12.2 Enforcement Procedure p.702 12.3 Approach of the Courts p.703 13. Miscellaneous p.703 13.1 Class Action or Group Arbitration p.703 13.2 Ethical Codes p.704 13.3 Third-Party Funding p.704 13.4 Consolidation p.704 13.5 Binding of Third Parties p.704
6.1 Types of Relief p.697 6.2 Role of Courts p.697 6.3 Security for Costs p.698 7. Procedure p.698
7.1 Governing Rules p.698 7.2 Procedural Steps p.698 7.3 Powers and Duties of Arbitrators p.699 7.4 Legal Representatives p.699
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