BIMCO to publish new shortened law and arbitration clause
Overview
BIMCO’s Documentary Committee has agreed to carry out a major overhaul of the Dispute Resolution Clause with the aim to shorten and simplify what has become BIMCO’s longest standard clause.
At the bi-annual Documentary Committee meeting in Copenhagen on 5 December, it was agreed to begin the work to simplify the clause, partly by removing the mediation provision that was added to the clause in 2002. A new free-standing mediation clause will be published for parties that wish to invoke mediation for all, or part of a dispute, once arbitration proceedings have commenced.
Perhaps the most significant change, however, will be that following the addition of Hong Kong as a fourth named arbitration venue, the BIMCO clause will be consolidated into a single provision that operates with any of the named arbitration venues.
At present, each of the named venues has their own section in the Dispute Resolution Clause. In the proposed new clause, users will select the applicable law, place of arbitration, number of arbitrators and the procedural rules to give effect to the clause.
BIMCO is currently discussing the wording of the new clause with arbitration service providers in London, New York, Singapore and Hong Kong, and the new clause will be submitted to the Documentary Committee for approval in May 2020.
For additional information please contact:
Grant Hunter
Head of Contracts & Clauses
Mobile: +44 778 662 7796
Email: gh@bimco.org
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BIMCO is the world's largest international shipping association, with around 1,900 members in more than 120 countries, representing 56% of the world’s tonnage. Our global membership includes shipowners, operators, managers, brokers and agents. BIMCO is a non-profit organisation.
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05 December 2019
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