UNCITRAL Rules—responding to a Notice of Arbitration
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Practice notesUNCITRAL Rules—responding to a Notice of Arbitration
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Practice notes
This Practice Note considers how to respond to a notice of arbitration (Notice) communicated pursuant to the united nations commission on international trade law arbitration rules (the UNCITRAL rules). For an introduction to the UNCITRAL Rules, see Practice Note: UNCITRAL Rules—background and introduction.
In order to commence an arbitration under the UNCITRAL Rules, the claimant must communicate a Notice to the respondent—see Practice Note: UNCITRAL Rules—starting an arbitration.
What to do on receiving the Notice of Arbitration
The respondent has 30 days from receipt of the Notice to send a response to the claimant setting out (UNCITRAL Rules, Article 4):
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the name and contact details of each respondent
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a response to the Notice on:
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the identification of the arbitration agreement invoked
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the identification of any contract or other legal instrument out of or in relation to which the dispute arises or, in the absence of such contract or instrument, a brief description of the relevant relationship
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the brief description given of the claim
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