SAUDI ARABIA Law and Practice Contributed by: Zeyad Khoshaim, Abdullah Alajlan, Kamil Mehiz and Sarah Sedky K&A
Iraq
Jordan
Iran
Kuwait
Qatar
Riyadh
Saudi Arabia
U.A.E.
Sudan
Yemen
Contents 1. General p.784 1.1 Prevalence of Arbitration p.784 1.2 Key Industries p.784 1.3 Arbitration Institutions p.784 1.4 National Courts p.785 2. Governing Legislation p.785 2.1 Governing Law p.785 2.2 Changes to National Law p.785 3. The Arbitration Agreement p.786 3.1 Enforceability p.786 3.2 Arbitrability p.787 3.3 National Courts’ Approach p.787 3.4 Validity p.787 4. The Arbitral Tribunal p.787 4.1 Limits on Selection p.787 4.2 Default Procedures p.788 4.3 Court Intervention p.788 4.4 Challenge and Removal of Arbitrators p.788 4.5 Arbitrator Requirements p.789 5. Jurisdiction p.789 5.1 Challenges to Jurisdiction p.789 5.2 Circumstances for Court Intervention p.789 5.3 Timing of Challenge p.789 5.4 Standard of Judicial Review for Jurisdiction/ Admissibility p.789 5.5 Breach of Arbitration Agreement p.789 5.6 Jurisdiction Over Third Parties p.790 6. Preliminary and Interim Relief p.790
7. Procedure p.791 7.1 Governing Rules p.791 7.2 Procedural Steps p.791 7.3 Powers and Duties of Arbitrators p.792 7.4 Legal Representatives p.792 8. Evidence p.792 8.1 Collection and Submission of Evidence p.792 8.2 Rules of Evidence p.793 8.3 Powers of Compulsion p.793 9. Confidentiality p.794 9.1 Extent of Confidentiality p.794 10. The Award p.794 10.1 Legal Requirements p.794 10.2 Types of Remedies p.795 10.3 Recovering Interest and Legal Costs p.795 11. Review of an Award p.795 11.1 Grounds for Appeal p.795 11.2 Excluding/Expanding the Scope of Appeal p.796
11.3 Standard of Judicial Review p.796 12. Enforcement of an Award p.796 12.1 New York Convention p.796 12.2 Enforcement Procedure p.796 12.3 Approach of the Courts p.798 13. Miscellaneous p.799 13.1 Class Action or Group Arbitration p.799 13.2 Ethical Codes p.799 13.3 Third-Party Funding p.799 13.4 Consolidation p.799 13.5 Binding of Third Parties p.800
6.1 Types of Relief p.790 6.2 Role of Courts p.790 6.3 Security for Costs p.790
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