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18 Colum. J. Eur. L. Online Supplement 82 (2012)

handle is hein.journals/cjelos18 and id is 1 raw text is: (THE COLUMBIA JOURNAL OF EUROPEAN LAW ONLINE COMMENTARY ON THE (RELATIVELY) NEW IRISH ARBITRATION LAW: THE UNCITRAL MODEL LAW IN (ALMOST) PURE FORM Klaus Reichert, S.C. 1 I. INTRODUCTION Since 2005 Ireland has embarked upon a steady and, thus far, successful campaign to take its place among the arbitration nations of the World when, in that year, the Bar Council (the professional body for barristers in Ireland) was awarded the right to hold the ICCA Conference for 2008 marking the 50th anniversary of the New York Convention. The work which went into the preparation for and the hosting of ICCA 2008 was the catalyst for several key developments in the field of Irish arbitration: The passing into law of the Arbitration Act 2010 which swept away all previous arbitration statutes (which were contained in three slightly disparate and somewhat overlapping Acts) and gave the force of law in Ireland, amongst others, to the UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration (2006 version, including its interim measures provisions); The founding of Arbitration Ireland, the Irish Arbitration Association which has become the leading umbrella body for arbitration practitioners within Ireland and practitioners overseas with Irish connections. It is not an institute which administers arbitrations, but rather like ASA, the Swiss Arbitration Association, is dedicated to the development and promotion of arbitration in Ireland; and The opening of the Dublin Dispute Resolution Centre. This is a world-class facility for the holding of arbitrations in Dublin city centre and is within the legal quarter adjacent to many lawyers' offices and the courts. The Centre was nominated as one of the best developments for 2012 in the Global Arbitration Review awards. This commentary will focus on the first of these key developments, namely the Arbitration Act 2010 (the Act) which is now (as of the time of writing) just under three years old. II. WHAT DID THE ACT REPLACE? For many years the Arbitration Act 1954 was the corner-stone of Irish arbitration law and was all but identical to the English Arbitration Act 1950. Indeed Irish arbitration law and practice I Brick Court Chambers, London

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