Security for Costs in International Commercial Arbitration

Journal of International Arbitration, 22(3): 167–206.

University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 2017/039

Posted: 20 Dec 2017

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Weixia Gu

University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Law

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Date Written: 2005

Abstract

In this article, I present the existing legal rules surrounding security for costs in international arbitration by performing a representative survey of national arbitration laws and institutional rules of both common law and civil law jurisdictions, across legal regimes of different theoretical perspectives. I then turn to the effect of policy considerations on the evaluation of desirability of ordering security for costs, as well as the amount and the procedures of offering security for costs. Lastly, I review the experiences across the globe and argue that amid the global trend in favor of arbitration, there needs to be a more unified procedural regime across jurisdictions in security for costs to allow international commercial arbitration to evolve towards greater flexibility and efficiency while accounting for the commercial need of legal certainty.

Keywords: international commercial arbitration, security for costs

JEL Classification: K33, K49

Suggested Citation

Gu, Weixia, Security for Costs in International Commercial Arbitration (2005). Journal of International Arbitration, 22(3): 167–206., University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 2017/039, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3078446

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