The FICA Task Force has issued its Report on Issues Related to Expedited Arbitration. This Report addresses various issues being considered in UNCITRAL Working Group II in connection with proposed amendments to the UNCITRAL Model Rules on Arbitration.
The Report comments on issues discussed in UNCITRAL Working Group II at its 69th session in February 2019 on the basis of the Note prepared by the Secretariat (A/CN.9/WG.II/WP.207) as well as the updated Note by the Secretariat (A/CN.9/WG.II/WP.209) dated 25 July 2019. These Notes, and this Report, will be the basis for further discussions at the session of Working Group II in Vienna, from 23-27 September 2019.
The FICA Task Force Report may be downloaded here.
The members of the FICA Task Force were Ben Beaumont (chair), Alan Anderson, Tim Lemay, Herman Verbist, and Rumiana Yotova.