Remy Gerbay Discusses the Legal the LCIA’s “Guidance Notes” for Arbitrators, Parties and on Emergency Procedures

September 2015 - At the end of June 2015, the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) issued three new guidance notes to accompany its arbitration rules: the “Notes for Parties,” “Notes for Arbitrators” and “Notes on Emergency Procedures.”  In a Kluwer Arbitration Blog post, Remy Gerbay addresses these guidance notes' contents, purpose, legal nature and potential effects. The post discusses such questions as whether the guidance notes constitute ‘soft law’ and what effect soft law instruments might have in international arbitration.

Read the post here: “The LCIA’s New Guidance Notes – An (uneasy) Exercise in Relative Normativity”