SENEGAL Law and Practice Contributed by: Aboubacar Fall AF Legal Law Firm
Mauritania
Senegal
Dakar
Mali
The Gambia
Guinea- Bissau
Guinea
Contents 1. General p.813 1.1 Prevalence of Arbitration p.813 1.2 Key Industries p.813 1.3 Arbitration Institutions p.814 1.4 National Courts p.814 2. Governing Legislation p.814 2.1 Governing Law p.814 2.2 Changes to National Law p.815 3. The Arbitration Agreement p.815 3.1 Enforceability p.815 3.2 Arbitrability p.815 3.3 National Courts’ Approach p.816 3.4 Validity p.816 4. The Arbitral Tribunal p.817 4.1 Limits on Selection p.817 4.2 Default Procedures p.817 4.3 Court Intervention p.817 4.4 Challenge and Removal of Arbitrators p.818 4.5 Arbitrator Requirements p.818 5. Jurisdiction p.819 5.1 Challenges to Jurisdiction p.819 5.2 Circumstances for Court Intervention p.819 5.3 Timing of Challenge p.819 5.4 Standard of Judicial Review for Jurisdiction/ Admissibility p.819 5.5 Breach of Arbitration Agreement p.820 5.6 Jurisdiction Over Third Parties p.820 6. Preliminary and Interim Relief p.820
7. Procedure p.821 7.1 Governing Rules p.821 7.2 Procedural Steps p.821 7.3 Powers and Duties of Arbitrators p.822 7.4 Legal Representatives p.822 8. Evidence p.823 8.1 Collection and Submission of Evidence p.823 8.2 Rules of Evidence p.823 8.3 Powers of Compulsion p.823 9. Confidentiality p.824 9.1 Extent of Confidentiality p.824 10. The Award p.824 10.1 Legal Requirements p.824 10.2 Types of Remedies p.824 10.3 Recovering Interest and Legal Costs p.824 11. Review of an Award p.825 11.1 Grounds for Appeal p.825 11.2 Excluding/Expanding the Scope of Appeal p.825
11.3 Standard of Judicial Review p.825 12. Enforcement of an Award p.825 12.1 New York Convention p.825 12.2 Enforcement Procedure p.825 12.3 Approach of the Courts p.826 13. Miscellaneous p.826 13.1 Class Action or Group Arbitration p.826 13.2 Ethical Codes p.827 13.3 Third-Party Funding p.827 13.4 Consolidation p.827 13.5 Binding of Third Parties p.827
6.1 Types of Relief p.820 6.2 Role of Courts p.820 6.3 Security for Costs p.821
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