THE CHAMBER OF ARBITRATION OF MILAN RULES A COMMENTARY Ugo Draetta Riccardo Luzzatto Editors JURIS
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TABLE OF CONTENTS About the Editors and the Authors... ix Introduction... xix Ugo Draetta e Riccardo Luzzatto Foreword... xxiii Vittorio Colesanti PREAMBLE - THE CHAMBER OF ARBITRATION Model clause... 1 Michael McIlwrath Tasks and Bodies of the Chamber of Arbitration... 9 Luigi Fumagalli The Arbitral Council... 33 Stefano Azzali The Secretariat... 41 Stefano Azzali I - GENERAL PROVISIONS Art. 1 - Scope of the application... 49 Andrea Carlevaris Art. 2 - Rules applicable to the proceedings... 63 Charles Jarrosson Art. 3 - Rules applicable to the merits of the dispute... 71 Sergio M. Carbone Art. 4 - Seat of the arbitration... 89 Charles Jarrosson iii
iv THE CHAMBER OF ARBITRATION OF MILAN RULES Art. 5 - Language of the arbitration... 97 Manlio Frigo Art. 6 - Filing and sending of the acts... 111 Domenico Di Pietro Art. 7 - Time limits... 125 Domenico Di Pietro Art. 8 - Confidentiality... 131 Piero Bernardini II - COMMENCEMENT OF THE PROCEEDINGS Art. 9 - Request for arbitration... 145 Michael McIlwrath Art. 10 - Statement of defence... 159 Michael McIlwrath Art. 11 - Admissibility of the arbitral proceedings... 167 Andrea Carlevaris Art. 12 - Lack of jurisdiction of the Arbitral Tribunal... 181 Andrea Santini III - THE ARBITRAL TRIBUNAL Art. 13 - Number of arbitrators... 191 Laura Salvaneschi Art. 14 - Appointment of the arbitrators... 201 Laura Salvaneschi Art. 15 - Appointment of the arbitrators in multy-party arbitration... 213 Laura Salvaneschi Art. 16 - Incompatibility... 225 Rinaldo Sali
TABLE OF CONTENTS v Art. 17 - Acceptance by arbitrators... 233 Rinaldo Sali Art. 18 - Statement of independence and confirmation of arbitrators... 239 Rinaldo Sali Art. 19 - Challenge of arbitrators... 267 Claudio Consolo - Marcello Stella Art. 20 - Replacement of arbitrators... 283 Chiara Giovannucci Orlandi IV - THE PROCEEDINGS Art. 21 - Constitution of the Arbitral Tribunal... 297 Alberto Malatesta Art. 22 - Power of the Arbitral Tribunal... 305 Paolo Michele Patocchi Paolo Marzolini Art. 23 - Orders of the Arbitral Tribunal... 355 Paolo Michele Patocchi Paolo Marzolini Art. 24 - Hearings... 371 Paolo Michele Patocchi Paolo Marzolini Art. 25 - Taking of evidence... 383 Alberto Mazzoni Art. 26 - Experts...... 419 Filippo Corsini Art. 27 - New claims... 439 Claudio Consolo Albert Henke Art. 28 - Conclusions... 469 Albert Henke Art. 29 - Settlement and withdrawal... 499 Manlio Frigo
vi THE CHAMBER OF ARBITRATION OF MILAN RULES V - THE ARBITRAL AWARD Art. 30 - Deliberation, form and contents of the award... 511 Antonio Crivellaro Art. 31 - Filing and notification of the award... 535 Antonio Crivellaro Art. 32 - Time limit for filing the final award... 537 Antonio Crivellaro Art. 33 - Partial award and interim award... 543 Alexis Mourre Antonio Musella Art. 34 - Correction of the award... 555 Alexis Mourre Antonio Musella VI - COSTS OF THE PROCEEDINGS Introduction to the Chapter VI... 563 Art. 35 - Value of dispute... 569 Art. 36 - Costs of the proceedings... 577 Art. 37 - Advance and final deposits... 597 Art. 38 - Failure to deposit... 611 VII - PROVISIONAL PROVISIONS Art. 39 - Entry into force... 621 Andrea Santini
TABLE OF CONTENTS vii Annexe A Criteria for determining the value of the dispute... 623 Valentina Renna Annexe B Fees of the Chamber of Arbitration: included and excluded activities.....641 Code of Ethics of Arbitrators... 645 Chiara Giovannucci Orlandi Appendix The Arbitration Rules of the Chamber of Arbitration of Milan... 661 Schedule of Fees...683 Bodies and Members of the Chamber of Arbitration of Milan... 685 The Arbitration Rules of the Chamber of Arbitration of Milan (Italian official text)... 687 Italian Law on Arbitration (Code of Civil Procedure art. 806-840)... 711 Bibliography on Institutional Arbitration... 733 By Studies and Documentation Centre G. Schiavoni Index... 753