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.589 1.1 Prevalence of Arbitration p.589 1.2 Key Industries p.589 1.3 Arbitration Institutions p.590 1.4 National Courts p.590 2. Governing Legislation p.590 2.1 Governing Law p.590 2.2 Changes to National Law p.590 3. The Arbitration Agreement p.591 3.1 Enforceability p.591 3.2 Arbitrability p.591 3.3 National Courts’ Approach p.591 3.4 Validity p.592 4. The Arbitral Tribunal p.592 4.1 Limits on Selection p.592 4.2 Default Procedures p.592 4.3 Court Intervention p.593 4.4 Challenge and Removal of Arbitrators p.593 4.5 Arbitrator Requirements p.593 5. Jurisdiction p.594 5.1 Challenges to Jurisdiction p.594 5.2 Circumstances for Court Intervention p.594 5.3 Timing of Challenge p.594 5.4 Standard of Judicial Review for Jurisdiction/ Admissibility p.594 5.5 Breach of Arbitration Agreement p.594 5.6 Jurisdiction Over Third Parties p.594 6. Preliminary and Interim Relief p.595
7. Procedure p.596 7.1 Governing Rules p.596 7.2 Procedural Steps p.596 7.3 Powers and Duties of Arbitrators p.596 7.4 Legal Representatives p.596 8. Evidence p.597 8.1 Collection and Submission of Evidence p.597 8.2 Rules of Evidence p.597 8.3 Powers of Compulsion p.597 9. Confidentiality p.597 9.1 Extent of Confidentiality p.597 10. The Award p.598 10.1 Legal Requirements p.598 10.2 Types of Remedies p.598 10.3 Recovering Interest and Legal Costs p.598 11. Review of an Award p.599 11.1 Grounds for Appeal p.599 11.2 Excluding/Expanding the Scope of Appeal p.600
11.3 Standard of Judicial Review p.600 12. Enforcement of an Award p.600 12.1 New York Convention p.600 12.2 Enforcement Procedure p.600 12.3 Approach of the Courts p.601 13. Miscellaneous p.601 13.1 Class Action or Group Arbitration p.601 13.2 Ethical Codes p.602 13.3 Third-Party Funding p.602 13.4 Consolidation p.602 13.5 Binding of Third Parties p.602
6.1 Types of Relief p.595 6.2 Role of Courts p.595 6.3 Security for Costs p.595
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