ECUADOR
Panama
Colombia
Ecuador
Quito
Law and Practice Contributed by: Oswaldo Santos Dávalos and Bernarda Haro Aillón Santos Burbano de Lara
Peru
Brazil
Contents 1. General p.306 1.1 Prevalence of Arbitration p.306 1.2 Key Industries p.306 1.3 Arbitration Institutions p.306 1.4 National Courts p.306 2. Governing Legislation p.307 2.1 Governing Law p.307 2.2 Changes to National Law p.307 3. The Arbitration Agreement p.307 3.1 Enforceability p.307 3.2 Arbitrability p.307 3.3 National Courts’ Approach p.308 3.4 Validity p.308 4. The Arbitral Tribunal p.308 4.1 Limits on Selection p.308 4.2 Default Procedures p.308 4.3 Court Intervention p.309 4.4 Challenge and Removal of Arbitrators p.309 4.5 Arbitrator Requirements p.309 5. Jurisdiction p.309 5.1 Challenges to Jurisdiction p.309 5.2 Circumstances for Court Intervention p.309 5.3 Timing of Challenge p.310 5.4 Standard of Judicial Review for Jurisdiction/ Admissibility p.310 5.5 Breach of Arbitration Agreement p.310 5.6 Jurisdiction Over Third Parties p.310 6. Preliminary and Interim Relief p.311
7. Procedure p.311 7.1 Governing Rules p.311 7.2 Procedural Steps p.312 7.3 Powers and Duties of Arbitrators p.312 7.4 Legal Representatives p.313 8. Evidence p.313 8.1 Collection and Submission of Evidence p.313 8.2 Rules of Evidence p.313 8.3 Powers of Compulsion p.313 9. Confidentiality p.314 9.1 Extent of Confidentiality p.314 10. The Award p.314 10.1 Legal Requirements p.314 10.2 Types of Remedies p.314 10.3 Recovering Interest and Legal Costs p.314 11. Review of an Award p.315 11.1 Grounds for Appeal p.315 11.2 Excluding/Expanding the Scope of Appeal p.315
11.3 Standard of Judicial Review p.316 12. Enforcement of an Award p.316 12.1 New York Convention p.316 12.2 Enforcement Procedure p.316 12.3 Approach of the Courts p.317 13. Miscellaneous p.317 13.1 Class Action or Group Arbitration p.317 13.2 Ethical Codes p.317 13.3 Third-Party Funding p.318 13.4 Consolidation p.318 13.5 Binding of Third Parties p.318
6.1 Types of Relief p.311 6.2 Role of Courts p.311 6.3 Security for Costs p.311
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