Alternative Dispute Resolution

Laws, regulations, and rules

• Arbitration Ordinance (Cap 609) accessed 02 June 2023
• Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre, HKIAC Rules and Practice Notes (香港國際仲裁中心)
• UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration (adopted 11 December 1985, amended 04 December 2006) UN Docs A/40/72 and A/61/33 accessed 02 June 2023
• UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules (adopted 28 April 1976, revised 25 June 2010, with new article 1, paragraph 4, as adopted in 2013) UN Docs A/31/98 and A/65/22 and A/68/109 accessed 02 June 2023

Cases

• Henri C Alvarez, Neil Kaplan and David W Rivkin, Model Law Decisions : Cases Applying the UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration (1985-2001) (Kluwer Law International 2003)

Commentaries

• Peter Binder, International Commercial Arbitration and Conciliation in UNCITRAL Model Law Jurisdictions (3rd edn, Sweet & Maxwell 2010)
• David D Caron and Lee M Caplan, The UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules: A Commentary (With an Integrated and Comparative Discussion of the 2010 and 1976 UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules) (2nd edn, OUP 2013)
• International Commercial Arbitration
• International Handbook on Commercial Arbitration
• World Arbitration Reporter: International Encyclopaedia of Arbitration Law and Practice
• Gary B Born, International Arbitration and Forum Selection Agreements : Drafting and Enforcing (6th edn, Kluwer 2021)
• Geoffrey T Ma, Denis Brock and others, Arbitration in Hong Kong: a practical guide (5th edn, Sweet & Maxwell 2022)
  • print copy
  • electronic copy (Westlaw Asia)
• Hong Kong Civil Procedure (2022) vol 3, pt U
  • print copy
  • electronic copy
• Halsbury’s Laws of Hong Kong (2nd edn, 2012) vol 2
  • print copy
  • electronic copy
• Michael J. Moser (ed), Arbitration in Asia (2nd edn, Juris 2010)
• Michael J Moser and John Choong (eds), Asia Arbitration Handbook (Oxford University Press 2011)
• Michael J Moser and Chiann Bao, A guide to the HKIAC arbitration rules (Oxford University Press 2017)
  • print copy

  • electronic copy (Kluwer Arbitration)

International conventions

• United Nations Convention on Transparency in Treaty-based Investor-State Arbitration (New York, 2014) (the "Mauritius Convention on Transparency")
• Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (New York, 1958) (the "New York Convention")

Several databases provide an extensive collection of arbitration materials, including international conventions, bilateral treaties, domestic law and cases, as well as expert commentaries. To access them, click on the hyper links below. To see a comprehensive list of law electronic resources, please visit this web page.

• Investment Claims
• i-law
• Investor-State LawGuide
• Kluwer Arbitration
• Transnational Dispute Management
• Westlaw Classic