Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration—A step into the future

Table of contents

• An emphasis on procedural efficiency
• Early dismissal of claims (Article 52)
• Expedited procedure (Article 1.5)
• Emergency arbitration (Annex 2)
• A sign of the times
• Third-party funding (Article 53)
• Joinder, consolidation and multiple contracts
• Law governing the Arbitration Agreement (Article 36.4)
• Technology and the arbitral process
• Comments

Article summary

Arbitration analysis: The Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (CRCICA) has announced its plans to implement the revised CRCICA Arbitration Rules (Rules), marking the first set of comprehensive amendments to the Rules since 2011. The Rules, available here, have been formally adopted by the CRCICA Board of Trustees and are in force as of 15 January 2024. Amal Bouchenaki, Craig Tevendale, Stuart Paterson, Nick Oury, Laurence Franc-Menget, Jonathan Ripley-Evans, Lynn Moubarak and Cedric Saliba of Herbert Smith Freehills look at the Rules, their emphasis on procedural efficiency, new provisions, and technology and the arbitral process.