The London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) Rules

Abstract This chapter discusses the rules of the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), an institution that administers arbitrations in accordance with its own rules (the Rules), ad hoc arbitrations, and mediation and other forms of alternative dispute resolution. It provides an overview of the LCIA and its organization, which consists of three pillars—the Company, the Court and the Secretariat—and its Users’ Councils, arbitration fees, mediation procedure, and statistics on LCIA arbitrations. It also traces the history of the LCIA and its Rules and concludes with a detailed commentary on Articles 1–32 of the LCIA Rules, which cover topics ranging from Request for Arbitration to written communications and periods of time, formation of arbitral tribunal, communications between parties and arbitral tribunal, conduct of arbitral proceedings, language(s) of arbitration, witness testimony, appointment of expert(s) to arbitral tribunal, jurisdiction and authority of the arbitral tribunal, and arbitral awards.