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Article: Confidentiality In International Arbitration.
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- Mondaq Business Briefing
- Article date:
- March 25, 2009
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Article by Michael Pryles and Nicholas Lazarou Key Point
Confidentiality in arbitration is determined by the applicable national law, the arbitration rules selected by the parties, and contractual provisions.
Businesses may not want the details of a commercial dispute to be made public for various reasons.
One of the advantages of choosing arbitration for the resolution of commercial disputes is that the parties to the dispute can provide that the procedure and result of the process remain confidential. Confidentiality is therefore often given as a reason for choosing arbitration in contrast to litigation.
The topic of confidentiality ...