COLOMBIA
Nicaragua
Panama
Venezuela
Costa Rica
Colombia Bogota
Law and Practice Contributed by: Juan Mendoza, Manuela Hernández Contreras, Andres Parra and Daniel Munera DRET
Ecuador
Brazil
Peru
Contents 1. General p.256 1.1 Prevalence of Arbitration p.256 1.2 Key Industries p.257 1.3 Arbitration Institutions p.257 1.4 National Courts p.258 2. Governing Legislation p.258 2.1 Governing Law p.258 2.2 Changes to National Law p.259 3. The Arbitration Agreement p.259 3.1 Enforceability p.259 3.2 Arbitrability p.260 3.3 National Courts’ Approach p.260 3.4 Validity p.260 4. The Arbitral Tribunal p.260 4.1 Limits on Selection p.260 4.2 Default Procedures p.261 4.3 Court Intervention p.261 4.4 Challenge and Removal of Arbitrators p.261 4.5 Arbitrator Requirements p.262 5. Jurisdiction p.262 5.1 Challenges to Jurisdiction p.262 5.2 Circumstances for Court Intervention p.262 5.3 Timing of Challenge p.262 5.4 Standard of Judicial Review for Jurisdiction/ Admissibility p.263 5.5 Breach of Arbitration Agreement p.263 5.6 Jurisdiction Over Third Parties p.263 6. Preliminary and Interim Relief p.264
7. Procedure p.264 7.1 Governing Rules p.264 7.2 Procedural Steps p.265 7.3 Powers and Duties of Arbitrators p.265 7.4 Legal Representatives p.265 8. Evidence p.265 8.1 Collection and Submission of Evidence p.265 8.2 Rules of Evidence p.266 8.3 Powers of Compulsion p.266 9. Confidentiality p.266 9.1 Extent of Confidentiality p.266 10. The Award p.267 10.1 Legal Requirements p.267 10.2 Types of Remedies p.267 10.3 Recovering Interest and Legal Costs p.267 11. Review of an Award p.267 11.1 Grounds for Appeal p.267 11.2 Excluding/Expanding the Scope of Appeal p.268
11.3 Standard of Judicial Review p.268 12. Enforcement of an Award p.268 12.1 New York Convention p.268 12.2 Enforcement Procedure p.269 12.3 Approach of the Courts p.269 13. Miscellaneous p.270 13.1 Class Action or Group Arbitration p.270 13.2 Ethical Codes p.270 13.3 Third-Party Funding p.270 13.4 Consolidation p.270 13.5 Binding of Third Parties p.270
6.1 Types of Relief p.264 6.2 Role of Courts p.264 6.3 Security for Costs p.264
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