Department: Master of Construction Law and Dispute Resolutions
Module Description: The aim of the module is to provide the students with a critical understanding and knowledge of the law and practice of international arbitration as a means of settling construction disputes, including issues which are specific to Dubai, the UAE and the wider Gulf Region. Issues to be covered include arbitration agreement, arbitral Tribunal, arbitral proceedings & supportive and supervisory powers of courts, tribunal’s powers and duties, and arbitral Awards.
Azab Alaziz Alhashemi, Arbitration in the UAE (Noor Publishing, 2019)
Stavros Brekoulakis and David B. Thomas (eds), Global Arbitration Review, Guide to Construction Arbitration 5th edition (Law Business Research, 2023)
G. Blanke, Commentary on the UAE Arbitration Chapter (Thomson Reuters, 2017).
P Capper, International Arbitration: A Handbook (3rd edn, LLP, London 2004).
O Alhyari, Challenging Arbitral Awards under the Model Law and Arab and English laws based thereon (VDM Verlag Dr. Müller Aktiengesellschaft & Co. KG, Germany 2009). Request PDF
O Alhyari, Does the Court under article 216 of the UAE Civil Procedures Law have the right to consider the validity of conversion of a sole establishment to an LLC company? December 2016, Lexis Middle East Law Alert. Request PDF
Papers presented to the Society of Construction Law [online]. Available at http://www.scl.org.uk
Useful sources include Arbitration International, Bulletin of the ICC Commission on Arbitration, Yearbook Commercial Arbitration, published by Kluwer and Arbitration, the journal of the Chartered Institute
Abuse of Rights in International Arbitration / Ahmed El Far
Arbitration: the Art & Science of Persuasion / Donald Vinson, Klaus Reichert
Emergency Arbitration / Cameron Sim
For further readings on the topic visit The Oxford Legal Research Library (OLRL)
