Arbitration in Europe

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This Overview contains links to practical guidance on arbitration under the laws of many European states and related topics.

Note: for guidance on arbitration in England and Wales, see the Arbitration under the Arbitration Act 1996 topic.

Arbitration in the Republic of Ireland

This Practice Note gives a background to arbitration practice in Ireland and guidance on the enforcement of arbitral awards in the Republic of Ireland. For more information, see Practice Note: Ireland—Arbitration—an introduction.

Enforcing arbitral awards in Guernsey

This Practice Note considers enforcing domestic and international arbitral awards in Guernsey. It considers the distinctions between domestic, foreign and New York Convention awards, the procedure for applying for enforcement and the methods of enforcing a judgment in Guernsey. For more information, see Practice Note: Enforcing arbitral awards in Guernsey.

Enforcing arbitral awards in Jersey

This Practice Note provides guidance on enforcing arbitral awards in Jersey. It covers the distinction between the enforceability of domestic and non-domestic awards, the conditions for enforcement, grounds for refusing enforcement, the procedure for enforcing arbitral awards and challenging applications for enforcement and execution. For more information, see Practice

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Arbitration weekly highlights—19 February 2026

This week's edition of Arbitration weekly highlights includes: coverage of arbitration-related decisions from England and Wales, the USA and the Cayman Islands, as well as updates from the ICC, HKIAC and ICSID. In addition, LexisNexis Middle East has published a whitepaper on ‘Navigating the Digital Scale of Justice: Ethics & AI’. All this, and more, in our weekly highlights.

Morocco VYAP announces publication of French translation of Dahir promulgating Law 95-17

Morocco Very Young Arbitration Practitioners (Morocco VYAP) has announced that the official French translation of Dahir No 1-22-34 (Chaoual 1443 – 24 May 2022), promulgating Law No 95-17 relating to arbitration and conventional mediation, has been published in Official Bulletin No 7480 dated 5 February 2026. It describes the publication as long-awaited, stating that it enhances accessibility to Morocco’s regulatory framework governing arbitration and conventional mediation. Morocco VYAP also thanks its founders who prepared a French translation shortly after the Dahir was issued in 2022. According to Morocco VYAP, that version was widely used by arbitration practitioners and contributed to the dissemination and understanding of the new legal framework prior to publication of the official translation.

The Dubai Court of Cassation acknowledges the appointment of an expert for assessing a Company’s profits as a provisional measure falling within the scope of Article 18 FAL (Re Al Ghurair First LLC v Heirs of Al Ghurair)

Arbitration analysis: The Dubai Court of Cassation (‘DCC’) strictly enforced the arbitration clause contained in the articles of incorporation of the subject company and held that the presence of the arbitration clause excluded the jurisdiction of the Dubai Court of First Instance (the ‘DCFI’). The decision also highlights the wide scope of an arbitration clause, including claims for interim relief in support of arbitration. More specifically, the Court of Cassation emphasised the need to adhere to routine procedures, setting out the appropriate procedural avenues for securing interim or provisional relief available to litigants in arbitration pursuant to Article 18 of the UAE Federal Arbitration Law 2018 (UAE Federal Law No. 6 of 2018) as amended (the ‘FAL’) before the President of the competent Court of Appeal. Written by Dr Gordon Blanke, founding principal, Blanke Arbitration Dubai/London/Paris and associate tenant, No 5 Barristers’ Chambers, and Vikramaditya Singh, associate, Blanke Arbitration.

ICSID publishes 2025 caseload statistics reporting second-highest annual registrations

The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) has published its 2025 caseload statistics, reporting that as of 31 December 2025 it had registered 1,085 arbitration and conciliation cases under the ICSID Convention and Additional Facility Rules since 1972. The latest edition of the 'ICSID Caseload – Statistics' records 63 new cases in 2025, the second-highest number registered in a calendar year. ICSID states that most new cases (58%) invoked its jurisdiction through bilateral investment treaties, followed by state-investor contracts (15%) and domestic investment laws (6%). Of the new cases, 56 are ICSID Convention arbitrations, six are Additional Facility arbitrations and one is a conciliation. Regionally, Sub-Saharan Africa accounted for the largest share of new cases in 2025 (24%), followed by South America (20%) and Eastern Europe and Central Asia (19%). By sector, mining represented 24% of new cases, oil and gas 21% and construction 16%. Of arbitrations concluded in 2025, 67% were decided by tribunals and 33% were settled or otherwise discontinued. Among cases decided by tribunals, 53% upheld investors’ claims in part or in full, while 31% rejected all claims on the merits; 11% declined jurisdiction and 5% were dismissed for manifest lack of legal merit. 60% of tribunal-decided cases resulted in no damages being awarded to investors. Women accounted for 30% of the 240 appointments made to ICSID cases in 2025.

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