Arbitration in Poland

arbitrator



id: 20357

Polish Supreme Court resolution dated 8 September 2011 Case No. III CZP 41/11 »

1. An interlocutory appeal will lie against an order by the state court, as the court of first instance, denying a motion to challenge an arbitrator.

2. The issue of the independence and impartiality of the arbitrator goes to the essence of the arbitration proceeding as a non-judicial procedure for resolving private legal disputes.

3. Impartiality is a certain intellectual attitude, a psychological state of an objective judge (or arbitrator). In opposition to this, partiality is a characteristic connected with a real or apparent biased attitude of the decision-maker in favour of one of the parties or with respect to the issues in dispute.

4. It is asserted in the literature that “independence” refers only to issues arising out of a relationship between the judge (or arbitrator) and one of the parties. Independence means the lack of any relationship between the arbitrator and the parties to the dispute, in the past or during the course of the proceeding, that could affect the substance of the decision.

5. If the deadline indicated in Civil Procedure Code Art. 1176 passes without effect, the party obtains a right to apply to the state court (within two weeks) to recuse the arbitrator.

6. The proceeding before the state court is conducted on the basis of the Civil Procedure Code. Thus the issue of the permissibility of an interlocutory appeal against the order of the state court denying the motion to recuse the arbitrator should be considered on the basis of application of Civil Procedure Code Art. 394 §1 as relevant.

Case no.: III CZP 41/11  

Key issues: state court assistance, arbitrator


id: 20360

Polish Supreme Court order dated 24 November 2010 (Case No. II CSK 291/10) »

1. The impermissibility of the common court’s hearing a case because of a binding arbitration clause (absent the grounds set forth in Civil Procedure Code Art. 1165 §2) also occurs when resolution of the matter presented for determination by the common court is not possible without resolving a dispute subject to the arbitration clause.

2. The principle of equality expressed in [Civil Procedure Code] Art. 1161 §2 requires ... that neither of the parties to a dispute to be decided by an arbitration court enjoy special rights in the proceeding before such court. This plainly applies to the manner in which arbitrators are selected. This is expressly stated in Art. 1169 §3, which provides that provisions of an agreement awarding one of the parties greater rights in appointment of the arbitration court shall be ineffective. This should be applied as relevant to a situation in which a provision of this type is contained in the rules of the permanent arbitration court selected by the parties.

Case no.: CSK 291/10  

Key issues: arbitrability of dispute, arbitration clause, arbitrator


id: 20331

Polish Supreme Court judgment dated 9 September 2010 Case No. I CSK 535/09 »

1. A petition to set aside an arbitration award is an extraordinary means of review intended to set aside the award if at least one of the grounds exhaustively set forth in Civil Procedure Code Art. 1206 is justified.

2. When considering a petition [to set aside an arbitration award], the state court is bound by the grounds alleged by the petitioner. Only two of the grounds set forth in Civil Procedure Code Art. 1206 §2 are considered on the court’s motion: the non-arbitrability if the dispute and inconsistency of the arbitration award with the fundamental principles of the legal order of the Republic of Poland.

3. The assessment of whether an arbitration award is contrary to fundamental principles of the legal order is addressed to the content of the award, and not the correctness of the procedure before the arbitration court or the composition of the panel. … An arbitration award may be set aside under the public policy clause if it is found that the results included in the content of the award are not consistent with a specific norm which is regarded as one of the fundamental principles of the legal order in force in Poland. ... These principles include not only constitutional norms, but also the overriding norms in specific fields of law.

4. The requirements made of persons serving as arbitrators should be combined with a party’s right to learn about any ties the arbitrator may have to entities appearing in the proceeding. It is up to the party to evaluate such circumstances as grounds for a decision to select an arbitrator or to seek removal of an arbitrator. The arbitrator’s self-assessment is irrelevant, because the essence of a fair procedure is tied to objective judgment by others. ... The fundamental principles of the legal order include the right to a court as provided in Art. 45(1) of the Polish Constitution, an element of which is a party’s right to have its case heard by an independent court, in a fairly conducted procedure.

Case no.: I CSK 535/09  

Key issues: arbitrator, arbitration award, arbitration court procedure, petition to set aside arbitration award


id: 20257

Polish Supreme Court judgment dated 27 November 2008 Case No. IV CSK 292/08 »

1. A judicial proceeding to set aside an arbitration award should be conducted through to the end in accordance with the provisions in force upon commencement of the proceeding, that is, applying Civil Procedure Code Art. 165 §1, at the time of filing of the petition to set aside the award with the proper court. Thus if the petition was filed prior to 17 October 2005 [when the law was amended], the proceeding thereby initiated should be conducted thereafter in accordance with Civil Procedure Code Art. 712–715, but a proceeding commenced by a petition filed on that date or later, in accordance with Civil Procedure Code Art. 1205–1211. Similarly, a proceeding before an arbitration court should be conducted through to the end in accordance with provisions in force upon commencement of the proceeding. However, in light of the rule set forth in Civil Procedure Code Art. 1186, the date of commencement of a proceeding before an arbitration court will generally be the date of service on the respondent of the document containing the demand for arbitration.

2. In instances in which arbitrators are appointed by each party independently, a new arbitrator appointed by one of the parties has the same status as the former arbitrator. Since the former arbitrator was unable to reach agreement on selection of a super-arbitrator and it was necessary for the super-arbitrator to be appointed by the court, the decision of the court in this respect could hardly be questioned just because of the appearance of a new arbitrator. There is no need to assure him an influence over appointment of the super-arbitrator, since his predecessor with an analogous status failed to make use of his opportunity in this respect.

3. There may be various reasons for loss of force of an arbitration clause. In addition to the procedural grounds listed in Civil Procedure Code Art. 1168 (previously Art. 702 §1) and Art. 1195 §4 (previously Art. 707 §2), it could also involve such events as dissolution of the arbitration agreement, occurrence of a suspensory condition, or lapse of the deadline by which an arbitration award should have been issued. Termination of the agreement containing the clause does not in and of itself constitute such grounds, however. This rule is now stated clearly by Civil Procedure Code Art. 1180, but should not have been in doubt prior to adoption of that provision.

Case no.: IV CSK 292/08  

Key issues: arbitrator, arbitration clause, arbitration court procedure, petition to set aside arbitration award


id: 20223

Supreme Court order dated 11 May 2006 Case No. I CZ 20/06 »

In accordance with the established view in the case law, no cassation appeal lies from an order by the court of second instance appointing an arbitrator, and such cassation appeal would be inadmissible.

Case no.: I CZ 20/06  

Key issues: arbitrator


id: 20217

Supreme Court order dated 12 July 2005 (Case No. I CZ 38/05) »

The subject of the motion is ... to appoint arbitrators. ... Regardless of which specific arbitration court the appointment of the arbitrators is to serve, the proceeding is by its nature incidental. The ruling issued in the case thus may not be regarded as ending the proceeding in the case, which under Civil Procedure Code Art. 392 is a condition for permissibility of a cassation appeal.

Case no.: I CZ 38/05  

Key issues: arbitrator


id: 20321

Polish Supreme Court order dated 17 December 1999 Case No. I CZ 177/99 »

An order by the court of second instance denying a motion to appoint a substitute arbitrator ... is not an order concluding the proceeding in the matter within the meaning of Civil Procedure Code Art. 392 §1.

Case no.: I CZ 177/99  

Key issues: arbitrator


id: 20164

Polish Supreme Court judgment dated 24 September 1999 Case No. I CKN 141/98 »

1. The institution of recusal of a judge is provided for by the Civil Procedure Code in a proceeding before the state court as well as in a proceeding before an arbitration court. There are differences in how this institution is governed by the code for the two types of proceedings. The fundamental difference is that in a proceeding before an arbitration court, the code does not provide for recusal of an arbitrator or presiding arbitrator by operation of law, as is the case with a judge in a proceeding before the state court (Civil Procedure Code Art. 48).

2. In a proceeding before the arbitration court, an arbitrator or presiding arbitrator may be challenged only upon motion of a party, on the same grounds that would justify recusal of a state judge.

3. If a party challenged an arbitrator or presiding arbitrator in the arbitration, and the challenge was not sustained despite the existence of grounds for the challenge, the party may challenge the arbitration award using a petition to set aside the award under Civil Procedure Code Art. 712 §1(3). If the party did not challenge the arbitrator or presiding arbitrator, it has no legal grounds to challenge the arbitration award. Exceptionally, only participation in the arbitration panel by an arbitrator or presiding arbitrator whose rights and obligations could be affected by the result in the case could serve as a basis for setting aside the arbitration award.

4. The wording of Civil Procedure Code Art. 712 §2 indicates without Any doubt that if the decision by the arbitration court exceeds the bounds of the arbitration clause, a party may seek to set aside the award only in the portion exceeding the arbitration clause, and only in a situation in which a party that actively participated in the proceeding before the arbitration court objected to consideration of the claims exceeding the bounds of the arbitration clause.

Case no.: I CKN 141/98  

Key issues: arbitrator


id: 20149

Polish Supreme Court order dated 24 February 1998 Case No. I CKN 455/97 »

By permitting in a separate regulation (Civil Procedure Code Art. 701 §3) an interlocutory appeal against an order concerning, among other things, appointment of an arbitrator, the Parliament clearly let it be known that it does not treat them as ending the proceeding in the matter, as then the general rule set forth at the beginning of Civil Procedure Code Art. 394 §1 would apply.

Case no.: I CKN 455/97  

Key issues: state court assistance, arbitrator


id: 20144

Polish Supreme Court order dated 22 January 1997 Case No. I CKN 48/96 »

1. Because Part 1, Chapter 3 of the Civil Procedure Code, covering the issue of arbitration, does not contain a special regulation on admissibility and deadlines for appellate instruments, the regulations from Chapter 1 will apply as relevant, including among them Civil Procedure Code Art. 392.

2. An order of the province court denying an interlocutory appeal from an order of the district court concerning appointment of an arbitrator and presiding arbitrator may not be regarded as an order ending the proceedings in the case. From the point of view of the proceedings before the state court, the case is ended only by an order ending the proceeding on the petition to set aside the arbitration award (Civil Procedure Code Art. 715), or, as the case may be, an order dismissing the statement of claim because of the existence of an arbitration clause (Civil Procedure Code Art. 199 §1(4)).

Case no.: I CKN 48/96  

Key issues: state court assistance, arbitrator


id: 20272

Poznań Appellate Court judgment dated 23 May 1996 Case No. I ACr 189/96 »

1. Recusal of an entire court may not be demanded, but only recusal of specific judges (one or more of them), identified by name, but this does not mean that in this case the arbitration court itself could determine that the motion by the defendant should not be granted. The province court correctly stated that the arbitration court may not decide a motion to recuse an arbitrator, either on the merits or on procedural grounds, even if the motion was clearly unjustified or late.

2. The ruling issued as a result of a petition to set aside an arbitration award is in the nature of cassation, and thus the state court may only set aside the award or deny the petition, and may not rule on the merits. In consequence, when the state court sets aside an arbitration award by granting a petition under Civil Procedure Code Art. 712 §1(2)–(5), the arbitration court retains its jurisdiction to decide the dispute.

Case no.: I ACr 189/96  

Key issues: arbitrator, jurisdiction of arbitration court, petition to set aside arbitration award


id: 20098

Polish Supreme Court resolution dated 12 October 1960 Case No. 3 CO 21/60 »

1. No review [by the province court] will lie against an order by the county court appointing an arbitrator pursuant to Civil Procedure Code Art. 492.

2. An interested party will be able to assert its allegations connected with appointment of an arbitrator under Civil Procedure Code Art. 492 in an eventual petition to set aside the arbitration award, which may be filed with the state court in the event of the existence of the defects referred to in Civil Procedure Code Art. 510 §1.

Case no.: 3 CO 21/60  

Key issues: petition to set aside arbitration award, arbitrator


id: 20097

Polish Supreme Court judgment dated 27 June 1960 Case No. 4 CR 874/59 »

1. An arbitration clause is an agreement which requires written form in order to be valid. For the clause to be valid, there must be submission of a dispute for determination by an arbitration court, in a written declaration (Civil Procedure Code Art. 486 and 487). It is not possible to conclude an agreement submitting a dispute to determination by an arbitration court in an implicit manner.

2. Appointment of an arbitrator is not ... in and of itself a declaration submitting a dispute for determination by an arbitration court, and is not equivalent to making and signing an arbitration clause.

Case no.: 4 CR 874/59  

Key issues: arbitration clause, arbitrator


id: 20092

Polish Supreme Court ruling dated 17 September 1956 Case No. 3 CR 505/56 »

1. It follows from Civil Procedure Code Art. 488 §2, which provides that each party shall appoint one arbitrator and the arbitrators so appointed “shall appoint a presiding arbitrator,” unless the arbitration clause provides otherwise, and from Art. 492, which provides that in the event of lack of agreement between the arbitrators, the presiding arbitrator shall be appointed by the state court, that the appointment of a presiding arbitrator is mandatory unless the arbitration clause provides otherwise.

2. Because as a result of failure to appoint a presiding arbitrator the arbitration court was not appointed in the prescribed composition, the award issued by an arbitration court composed of two arbitrators was made in an invalid proceeding.

3. Under applicable law, violation of regulations concerning the composition of the arbitration court constitute absolute grounds for setting aside the arbitration award in every instance.

Case no.: 3 CR 505/56  

Key issues: petition to set aside arbitration award, arbitrator


id: 20306

Warsaw Appellate Court order dated 6 July 1926 Case No. IC N 89/26 »

This provision [former Civil Procedure Law Art. 13701] that consideration of claims referred to in Civil Procedure Law Art. 1370 shall lie with the court which would have jurisdiction in the event of a judicial dispute should be understood as reiterating the general rule with respect to jurisdiction of the court depending on the amount sought by the plaintiff.

Case no.: IC N 89/26  

Key issues: state court assistance, arbitrator


id: 20315

Warsaw Regional Court ruling dated 6/17 February 1926 Case No. I C N 2991/25 »

The defendant’s objection to appointment of a super-arbitrator is not justified by Civil Procedure Law Art. 13701, which clearly vests this right with the court, and the arbitrators’ mutual selection of the super-arbitrator is not provided for in the statute.

Case no.: I C N 2991/25  

Key issues: arbitration clause, arbitrator


id 30033

Allerhand Maurycy

Arbitration in the Transition Period [Original title: Sąd polubowny w okresie przejściowym]

Głos Prawa 1933, No. 4, p. 188-201


Key issues: arbitrator, arbitration award, arbitration clause, recognition and enforcement of domestic arbitration award, settlement before arbitration court


id 30587

Allerhand Maurycy

Commentary on the Resolution of the Third Chamber of the Supreme Court dated 8 November 1922, R 832/22 (re: issuance of an Arbitration Award by a Mentally Ill Arbitrator) [Original title: Glosa do uchwały izby trzeciej sądu najwyższego z 8 listopada 1922, R 832/22 (dot. wydania wyroku sądu polubownego przez sędziego chorego umysłowo)]

OSP 1924 (vol. 3), item 13, p. 9-10


Key issues: arbitrator, jurisdiction of arbitration court


id 30036

Apfelbaum Ignacy

Remarks on the Provisions of the Civil Procedure Code on Arbitration [Original title: Uwagi do postanowień k.p.c. o sądach polubownych]

Nowa Palestra 1933, No. 3, p. 11-17


Key issues: arbitrator, arbitration clause, arbitration court procedure, petition to set aside arbitration award


id 31038

Asłanowicz Marcin

Arbitrators and Arbitral Tribunal

[in:] Arbitration in Poland, Warszawa 2011, p. 65-80


Key issues: arbitrator


id 30992

Pörnbacher Karl, Baur Sebastian

The New French Arbitration Law, the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules and IBA Rules on the Taking of Evidence in International Arbitration

Biul. Arb. 2010-2011, No. 4, p. 52-64


Key issues: general works


id 30193

Bieniak Michał

Challenge of the Arbitrator or the Presiding Arbitrator – Commentary on the Supreme Court Judgement of 24.9.1999, I CKN 141/98 [Original title: Wyłączenie arbitra lub superarbitra - glosa do wyroku SN z 24.9.1999 r., I CKN 141/98]

MoP 2001, No. 21, p. 1086-1087


Key issues: arbitrator


id 30459

Bolard Georges

Contradictory Principle Before Arbitrators [Original title: Zasada kontradyktoryjności przed arbitrami]

Annales UMCS 1999, No. 46, p. 63-67


Key issues: arbitrator


id 30952

Pazdan Maksymilian, Sołtysiński Stanisław, Wardyński Tomasz, Włodyka Stanisław, Okolski Józef, Całus Andrzej

A Commemorative Volume for 60 years of the Court of Arbitration at the Polish Chamber of Commerce in Warsaw [Original title: Księga pamiątkowa 60-lecia Sądu Arbitrażowego przy Krajowej Izbie Gospodarczej w Warszawie]

Warszawa 2010, pp. 887


Key issues: general works


id 30041

Czarny Gierc

Draft of the Amendments to the Civil Procedure Code and the Issues of Arbitration [Original title: Projekt nowelizacji K.P.C., a zagadnienia sądownictwa polubownego]

Wil.Prz.Praw. 1936, No. 12, p. 431-435


Key issues: arbitrator, arbitration award, state court assistance


id 30045

Czarny Gierc

Issues of Arbitration Court Practice. An Addition to the Lecture of Dr Kuratowski [Original title: Z zagadnień praktyki sądów polubownych. Na marginesie referatu D-ra Kuratowskiego.]

Wil.Prz.Praw. 1933, No. 2, p. 33-37, [part I]


Key issues: arbitrator, arbitration court procedure


id 30048

Czarny Gierc

Issues of Arbitration Court Practice. An Addition to the Lecture of Dr Kuratowski [Original title: Z zagadnień praktyki sądów polubownych. Na marginesie referatu D-ra Kuratowskiego.]

Wil.Prz.Praw. 1933, No. 6, p. 161-168, [part IV]


Key issues: arbitrator, arbitration court procedure


id 30047

Czarny Gierc

Issues of Arbitration Court Practice. An Addition to the Lecture of Dr Kuratowski [Original title: Z zagadnień praktyki sądów polubownych. Na marginesie referatu D-ra Kuratowskiego.]

Wil.Prz.Praw. 1933, No. 5, p. 129-133, [part III]


Key issues: arbitrator, arbitration court procedure


id 30051

Czerwiński Stanisław

Some Remarks on Courts of Arbitration [Original title: Kilka uwag o sądach polubownych]

Głos Sądownictwa 1938, No. 3, p. 201-203


Key issues: arbitrator


id 30924

Domański Grzegorz

Arbitrators in Treaty-Based Investment Arbitration – a Few Practical Reflections [Original title: Arbitrzy w traktatowym arbitrażu inwestycyjnym - kilka refleksji praktycznych

[in:] Józef Okolski, Andrzej Całus, Maksymilian Pazdan, Stanisław Sołtysiński, Tomasz Wardyński, Stanisław Włodyka (ed.) Essays in Honour of 60 years of the Court of Arbitration at the Polish Chamber of Commerce in Warsaw [Księga pamiątkowa 60-lecia Sądu Arbitrażowego przy Krajowej Izbie Gospodarczej w Warszawie], Warszawa 2010, p. 349-358


Key issues: investment arbitration, arbitrator


id 30060

Fenichel Zygmunt

Arbitration Courts Under Civil Procedure Code [Original title: Sądy polubowne wedle kodeksu postępowania cywilnego.]

PPiA 1931, No. 3, p. 303-322


Key issues: arbitrator, arbitration clause, jurisdiction of arbitration court


id 30057

Fenichel Zygmunt

What Are the Consequences of State Judge Participation in Issuance of an Arbitration Award? [Original title: Jakie są skutki udziału sędziego państwowego w wydaniu orzeczenia sądu polubownego?]

PPC 1938, No. 9-10, p. 300-301


Key issues: arbitrator, arbitration court procedure


id 30061

Fenichel Zygmunt

What Procedure Should be Applied in Proceedings Before State Courts in Arbitration Cases? [Original title: W jakim trybie toczyć się winno postępowanie przed sądem państwowym w sprawach sądownictwa polubownego?]

PPC 1934, No. 18, p. 571-572


Key issues: arbitrator, petition to set aside arbitration award, state court assistance


id 30056

Fenichel Zygmunt

Which – Arbitration Court or State Court – is Competent to Recognise the Challenge of an Arbitrator? [Original title: Jaki sąd – polubowny czy państwowy – właściwy jest do rozpoznania wniosku o wyłączenie sędziego polubownego?]

NPC 1933, No. 15, p. 476-477


Key issues: arbitrator, arbitration court procedure


id 30985

Frątczak Klaudia, Mikołajczyk Natalia

Reform of the French Code of Civil Procedure - Revolutionary Changes in Arbitration Law [Original title: Nowelizacja francuskiego Kodeksu Postępowania Cywilnego: Rewolucyjne zmiany w prawie arbitrażowym]

Arbitration e-Review 2011, No. 2, p. 38-41


Key issues: general works


id 30228

Ganobis Marta, Zawiślak Karol

Rules of Appointment and Revocation of an Arbitrator and Certain Issues Related to the Issue of Shaping Legal Position of an Arbitrator in Relation to the Washington Convention of 18.3.1965 [Original title: Zasady powoływania i odwoływania arbitra oraz niektóre zagadnienia związane z kwestią ukształtowania pozycji prawnej arbitra w świetle Konwencji Waszyngtońskiej z 18.3.1965 r.]

MoP 2009, No. 1, special issue, p. 25-29


Key issues: arbitrator


id 30119

Gessel-Kalinowska vel Kalisz Beata

Some Remarks on the Conflict of Interest in Case of Arbitrators from Multi-Person Legal Offices [Original title: Kilka uwag w przedmiocie konfliktu interesów w przypadku arbitrów pochodzących z wieloosobowych kancelarii prawnych]

[in:] Piotr Nowaczyk, Sylwester Pieckowski, Jerzy Poczobut, Andrzej Szumański, Andrzej Tynel (ed.), Polish and International Commercial Arbitration at the Treshold of the 21st Century: A Commemorative Volume in Honour of Dr Tadeusz Szurski [Międzynarodowy i krajowy arbitraż handlowy u progu XXI wieku. Księga pamiątkowa dedykowana doktorowi habilitowanemu Tadeuszowi Szurskiemu], Warszawa 2008, p. 15-25


Key issues: arbitrator


id 30072

Gołąb Stanisław

Arbitration Courts in the Draft Polish Civil Procedure [Original title: Sądy polubowne według projektu polskiej procedury cywilnej.]

Pal. 1926, p. 49-66


Key issues: arbitrator, arbitrability of dispute, arbitration award, arbitration clause, arbitration court procedure, recognition and enforcement of domestic arbitration award


id 30842

Hauser-Morel Maria

New ICC "Arbitrator Statement of Acceptance, Availability & Independence” [Original title: Nowe "Oświadczenie akceptacji, dyspozycyjności i niezależności" arbitra Międzynarodowej Izby Handlowej]

e-Przegląd Arbitrażowy 2010, No. 2, p. 23-26


Key issues: arbitrator


id 30948

Hauser-Morel Maria

Views Previously Expressed by an Arbitrator as Grounds for [Original title: Uprzednio wyrażane poglądy jako podstawa wyłączenia arbitra - uwagi w świetle decyzji ICSID w sprawie Urbaser]

Arbitration e-Review 2010, No. 3, p. 32-37


Key issues: arbitrator


id 30127

Jakubowski Jerzy

Permanent Courts of Arbitration in Poland [Original title: Stałe sądy arbitrażowe w Polsce]

Warszawa 1961, ss. 39


Key issues: general works


id 30477

Jakubowski Jerzy, Wiśniewski Andrzej W.

UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules [Original title: Regulamin arbitrażowy UNCITRAL]

PPHZ 1979, No. 3, p. 25-36


Key issues: general works


id 30951

Jasiak Mikołaj

Arbitration Law Reform in Spain [Original title: Reforma prawa arbitrażowego w Hiszpanii]

Arbitration e-Review 2010, No. 3, p. 51-52


Key issues: general works


id 30075

Jodłowski Jerzy

Can a Party Validly Appoint an Arbitrator after the Lapse of a Week from Having Been Summoned by the Opposing Party, and if Yes, What is the Final Deadline to Do So? [Original title: Czy strona może wyznaczyć skutecznie sędziego polubownego po upływie tygodnia od wezwania strony przeciwnej, a jeśli tak – w jakim terminie ostatecznym wyznaczenie powinno nastąpić?]

PPC 1936, No. 10, p. 311-313


Key issues: arbitrator, arbitration court procedure


id 30249

Kamiński Ireneusz C.

Competence of Judges and Arbitrators Adjudicating on the Basis of the Equity Principle [Original title: Uprawnienia sędziów i arbitrów orzekających na podstawie reguł słuszności]

PPHZ 2000, No. 19-20, p. 66-78


Key issues: arbitrator


id 30480

Kąkolecki Andrzej

Qualifications and Challenge of Arbitrators [Original title: Kwalifikacje i wyłączanie sędziów sądu polubownego (arbitrów)]

R.Pr. 2006, No. 4, p. 82-95


Key issues: arbitrator


id 31046

Kąkolecki Andrzej, Nowaczyk Piotr

New ICC Rules of Arbitration [Original title: Nowy Regulamin Arbitrażowy Międzynarodowej Izby Handlowej]

Biul. Arb. 2012, No. 17, p. 55-70


Key issues: general works


id 30484

Koredczuk Józef

Arbitrators Under the Civil Procedure Code of 1930 [Original title: Sędziowie polubowni według kodeksu postępowania cywilnego z 1930 roku]

Acta UWr 2006, No. 298, p. 295-317


Key issues: arbitrator


id 30872

Kroft, van der Remco

Netherlands Arbitration Institute (Brief Presentation)[Original title: Holenderski Instytut Arbitrażu (krótka prezentacja)]

Biul. Arb. 2009, Nr 11, p. 70-80


Key issues: general works


id 30082

Kroński Aleksander

Arbitration in the Light of the Hitherto Case Law and Civil Procedure Code [Original title: Sądy polubowne w świetle dotychczasowego orzecznictwa i kodeksu postępowania cywilnego.]

Pal. 1931, No. 3, p. 107-116, [part I]


Key issues: arbitrator, arbitration clause


id 30925

Krysiak Anna, Wierzbowski Marek

Impartiality and Independence as the Key Characteristics of any Arbitrator [Original title: Bezstronność i niezależność jako kluczowe cechy każdego arbitra]

[in:] Józef Okolski, Andrzej Całus, Maksymilian Pazdan, Stanisław Sołtysiński, Tomasz Wardyński, Stanisław Włodyka (ed.) Essays in Honour of 60 years of the Court of Arbitration at the Polish Chamber of Commerce in Warsaw [Księga pamiątkowa 60-lecia Sądu Arbitrażowego przy Krajowej Izbie Gospodarczej w Warszawie], Warszawa 2010, p. 359-375


Key issues: arbitrator


id 31020

Wierzbowski Marek, Krysiak Anna

Lack of Impartiality and Independence as Grounds for Challenging An Arbitrator (Article 1174 of the Polish Civil Procedure Code) [Original title: Brak bezstronności i niezależności jako podstawowe przesłanki wyłączenia arbitra (art. 1174 k.p.c.)]

[in:] J. Gudowski, K. Weitz (ed.), Aurea praxis, aurea theoria. Księga pamiątkowa ku czci Profesora Tadeusza Erecińskiego, tom II [Aurea praxis, aurea theoria. A Commemorative Volume in Honour of Professor Tadeusz Ereciński, Vol. II], Warszawa 2011, p. 1747-1764


Key issues: arbitrator


id 30260

Kubala Agnieszka, Zacharzewski Andrzej

Can a Bank Challenge a Decision of a Banking Arbitrator? [Original title: Czy bank może zaskarżyć orzeczenie Arbitra Bankowego?]

Pr.B. 2003, No. 4, p. 110-115


Key issues: arbitrator


id 30590

Kuratowski Roman

Commentary on the Resolution of the First Chamber of the Supreme Court dated 22 January – 13 February 1931, C. 1783/30 (re: the Character of the Arbitration Clause and the State Court Ruling on the Appointment of Arbitrator) [Original title: Glosa do orzeczenia izby pierwszej sądu najwyższego z 23 stycznia - 13 lutego 1931 r., C. 1783/30 r. (dot. charakteru zapisu na sąd polubowny oraz orzeczenia sądu państwowego w przedmiocie wyznaczenia arbitra)]

OSP 1932 (vol. 9), item 46, p. 49-51


Key issues: arbitrator, arbitration clause


id 30086

Kuratowski Roman

Liability of the Parties for Remuneration of the Arbitrators [Original title: Odpowiedzialność stron za wynagrodzenie sędziów polubownych.]

NPC 1933, No. 20, p. 624-630


Key issues: arbitrator


id 30497

Łyda Zbigniew

Arbitrator’s Impartiality and the Prohibition of "Interest in the Case" [Original title: Bezstronność arbitra a zakaz "zainteresowania w sprawie"]

PiP 1996, No. 2, p. 45-54


Key issues: arbitrator


id 31050

Morek Rafał

Selected Court Decisions Related to Arbitral Proceedings [Original title: Przegląd orzecznictwa Sądu Najwyższego i sądów apelacyjnych]

Biul. Arb. 2012, No. 17, p. 109-112


Key issues: arbitration clause, arbitrator


id 30955

Morek Rafał

The Iura Novit Arbiter Principle in Foreign Court Case Law [Original title: Zasad iura novit arbiter w orzecznictwie sądów zagranicznych

[in:] M. Modrzejewska (ed.), 21st Century Commercial Law. Time of Stabilisation, Evolution or Revolution. A Commemorative Volume for Prof. Józef Okolski [Original title: Prawo handlowe XXI wieku. Czas stabilizacji, ewolucji czy rewolucji. Księga jubileuszowa Profesora Józefa Okolskiego], Warszawa 2010, p. 620-632


Key issues: arbitration court procedure, arbitrator


id 30509

Nanowski Zbigniew

On Substitutive Appointment of Arbitrators [Original title: W sprawie zastępczej nominacji arbitrów]

PPHZ 1977, No. 1, p. 65-75


Key issues: arbitrator


id 30615

Nanowski Zbigniew

On the Notion of Arbitrator’s "Neutrality" [Original title: W sprawie pojęcia "neutralności" arbitra]

PHZ 1969, No. 23-24, p. 40


Key issues: arbitrator


id 30994

Neumann Marek

Public Policy and the Content of an Arbitral Award - commentary on the Supreme Court's ruling of 9 September 2010 (I CSK 535/09) [Original title: Klauzula porządku publicznego a treść wyroku sądu polubownego - glosa do wyroku Sądu Najwyższego z 9.09.2010 r. (I CSK 535/09)]

Glosa 2011, No. 2, p. 61-67


Key issues: petition to set aside arbitration award, arbitration award, arbitrator


id 30863

Nowaczyk Piotr

Arbitrator in the 21st Century – Challenges and Expectations (in Search of the Ideal Arbitrator) [Original title: Arbiter XXI w. – wyzwania i oczekiwania (w poszukiwaniu arbitra idealnego)], Part of a Book in the Memory of dr. hab. Tadeusz Szurski, Honorary President of the Court of Arbitration at the Polish Chamber of Commerce

Biul. Arb. 2008, No. 5, p. 6-15


Key issues: arbitrator


id 30142

Nowaczyk Piotr

Arbitrator in the 21st Century – Challenges and Expectations (in Search of the Ideal Arbitrator) [Original title: Arbiter XXI w. - wyzwania i oczekiwania (w poszukiwaniu arbitra idealnego)]

[in:] Piotr Nowaczyk, Sylwester Pieckowski, Jerzy Poczobut, Andrzej Szumański, Andrzej Tynel (ed.), Polish and International Commercial Arbitration at the Threshold of the 21st Century: A Commemorative Volume in Honour of Dr Tadeusz Szurski [Międzynarodowy i krajowy arbitraż handlowy u progu XXI wieku. Księga pamiątkowa dedykowana doktorowi habilitowanemu Tadeuszowi Szurskiemu], Warszawa 2008, p. 99-108


Key issues: arbitrator


id 30960

Opaliński Łukasz

Arbitration in Domestic Trade [Original title: Arbitraż w krajowym obrocie gospodarczym]

[in:] Prace laureatów konkursu im. Prof. Jerzego Jakubowskiego, edycja druga [Works of the Winners of Prof. Jerzy Jakubowski Contest, Second Edition], Warszawa 2005, p. 195-244


Key issues: general works


id 30961

Osiński Marcin

Proceedings Before Polish Arbitration Courts – Selected Issues [Original title: Postępowanie przed polskimi sądami polubownymi - wybrane zagadnienia]

[in:] Prace laureatów konkursu im. Prof. Jerzego Jakubowskiego, edycja druga [Works of the Winners of Prof. Jerzy Jakubowski Contest, Second Edition], Warszawa 2005, p.121-193


Key issues: general works


id 30428

Pazdan Maksymilian

Governing Law for the Agreement Between the Parties and the Arbitrator(s) in International Commercial Arbitration [Original title: Prawo właściwe dla umowy stron z arbitrem (arbitrami) w międzynarodowym arbitrażu handlowym]

[in:] Ewa Łętowska (ed.), Procedure and Law. Book in Memory of Prof. Jerzy Jodłowski [Proces i prawo. Księga pamiątkowa ku czci profesora Jerzego Jodłowskiego], Wrocław 1989, p. 183-192


Key issues: arbitrator


id 31021

Pazdan Maksymilian

Governing Law for the Agreement Between the Parties and the Arbitrator(s) under the 1980 Rome Convention and Rome I Regulation [Original title: Prawo właściwe dla umowy stron z arbitrem (arbitrami) według Konwencji rzymskiej z 1980 r. i rozporządzenia Rzym I]

[in:] J. Gudowski, K. Weitz (ed.), Aurea praxis, aurea theoria. Księga pamiątkowa ku czci Profesora Tadeusza Erecińskiego, tom II [Aurea praxis, aurea theoria. A Commemorative Volume in Honour of Professor Tadeusz Ereciński, Vol. II], Warszawa 2011, p. 1765-1775


Key issues: arbitrator


id 30305

Pazdan Maksymilian

Legal Aspects of the Function of an Arbitrator [Original title: Prawne aspekty funkcji arbitra]

PUG 1994, No. 2, p. 8-14


Key issues: arbitrator


id 30516

Pazdan Maksymilian

The Agreement Between the Parties and the Arbitrator(s) in International Commercial Arbitration [Original title: Umowa stron z arbitrem (arbitrami) w międzynarodowym arbitrażu handlowym]

PPHZ 1987, No. 11, p. 25-57


Key issues: arbitrator


id 30152

Pietkiewicz Paweł

Challenge of an Arbitrator. Selected Procedural Issues under the Fifth Part of the Civil Procedure Code [Original title: Wyłączenie arbitra. Wybrane problemy proceduralne na tle przepisów Części piątej Kodeksu postępowania cywilnego]

[in:] Piotr Nowaczyk, Sylwester Pieckowski, Jerzy Poczobut, Andrzej Szumański, Andrzej Tynel (ed.), Polish and International Commercial Arbitration at the Threshold of the 21st Century: A Commemorative Volume in Honour of Dr Tadeusz Szurski [Międzynarodowy i krajowy arbitraż handlowy u progu XXI wieku. Księga pamiątkowa dedykowana doktorowi habilitowanemu Tadeuszowi Szurskiemu], Warszawa 2008, p. 135-149


Key issues: arbitrator


id 30879

Pochodyła Michał

Impartiality and Independence of Arbitrators – Regulations and Case Law of English Courts [Original title: Bezstronność i niezależność arbitrów – regulacje i orzecznictwo sądów angielskich]

MoP 2009, No. 1, special issue, p. 30-32


Key issues: arbitrator


id 30093

Presser W.

From the Studies on the Institution of Arbitration Courts. II. On Arbitrators. [Original title: Ze studjów nad instytucją sądów polubownych. II. O sędziach polubownych.]

Nowa Palestra 1933, No. 6, p. 9-13


Key issues: arbitrator


id 30313

Radel Krzysztof

Legal Status of the Arbitrator [Original title: Status prawny arbitra]

Administracja Publiczna. Studia krajowe i międzynarodowe 2007, No. 2, p. 150-164


Key issues: arbitrator


id 30926

Romanowski Michał

Significance of Arbitrator’s Independence and Impartiality in Arbitration Proceedings in the Light of the Constitutional Right to Be Heard by a Court [Original title: Znaczenie niezależności i bezstronności arbitra w postępowaniu arbitrażowym w świetle konstytucyjnego prawa do sądu]

[in:] Józef Okolski, Andrzej Całus, Maksymilian Pazdan, Stanisław Sołtysiński, Tomasz Wardyński, Stanisław Włodyka (ed.) Essays in Honour of 60 years of the Court of Arbitration at the Polish Chamber of Commerce in Warsaw [Księga pamiątkowa 60-lecia Sądu Arbitrażowego przy Krajowej Izbie Gospodarczej w Warszawie], Warszawa 2010, p. 376-384


Key issues: arbitrator


id 30675

Skoczylas Józef

Arbitration in the Amendment to the Civil Procedure Code of 28 July 2005 [Original title: Sądownictwo arbitrażowe w nowelizacji kodeksu postępowania cywilnego z 28 lipca 2005 r.]

[in:] Jan Olszewski (ed.), Arbitration and Mediation. Current Theoretical and Practical Problems of Functioning of Arbitral Tribunals and Mediation Institutions. Conference Materials (Nałęczów Zdrój 8 - 10.05.2009) [Arbitraż i mediacja. Aktualne problemy teorii i praktyki funkcjonowania sądów polubownych i ośrodków mediacyjnych. Materiały konferencyjne (Nałęczów Zdrój 8 - 10.05.2009 r.)], Rzeszów 2009, p. 349-362


Key issues: general works


id 30966

Skrzypczak Rafał

The Institution of Exclusion, Revocation and Resignation of an Arbitrator under Polish Law [Original title: Instytucja wyłączenia, odwołania i ustąpienia arbitra w prawie polskim]

[in:] Prace laureatów konkursu na najlepszą pracę magisterską dotyczącą problemów sądownictwa polubownego i mediacji im. prof. dr. hab. Jerzego Jakubowskiego, edycja czwarta [Works of the Winners of Prof. Jerzy Jakubowski Contest for the Best M.A. Thesis concerning the Issues of Arbitration and Mediation, Fourth Edition], Warszawa 2009, p. 435-539


Key issues: arbitrator


id 30921

Slate II William K.

Arbitration Ethics in the United States

[in:] Piotr Nowaczyk, Sylwester Pieckowski, Jerzy Poczobut, Andrzej Szumański, Andrzej Tynel (ed.), Polish and International Commercial Arbitration at the Threshold of the 21st Century. Essays in Honour of Dr Tadeusz Szurski [Międzynarodowy i krajowy arbitraż handlowy u progu XXI wieku. Księga pamiątkowa dedykowana doktorowi habilitowanemu Tadeuszowi Szurskiemu], Warszawa 2008, p. 181-193


Key issues: arbitrator


id 30997

Stefanowicz Krzysztof

Arbitration Landscape in Poland - a Subjective View

[in:] Beata Gessel-Kalinowska vel Kalisz (ed.), Arbitration in Poland, Warszawa 2011, p. 9-18, [also Polish version]


Key issues: general works


id 30782

Szumański Andrzej

Arbitrators and the Adjudicating Panel [Original title: Arbitrzy i zespół orzekający]

[in:] Andrzej Szumański (ed.), The System of Commercial Law. Commercial Arbitration. Volume 8, Chapter 8 [System Prawa Handlowego. Arbitraż handlowy. Tom 8, Rozdział 8], Warszawa 2009, p. 357-497


Key issues: arbitrator


id 31027

Szumański Andrzej

Possible Impact of the 2010 UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules on the Polish Arbitration Law (Selected Issues) [Original title: Możliwy wpływ regulaminu arbitrażowego UNCITRAL w wersji z roku 2010 na polskie prawo arbitrażowe (zagadnienia wybrane)]

[in:] J. Gudowski, K. Weitz (ed.), Aurea praxis, aurea theoria. Księga pamiątkowa ku czci Profesora Tadeusza Erecińskiego, tom II [Aurea praxis, aurea theoria. A Commemorative Volume in Honour of Professor Tadeusz Ereciński, Vol. II], Warszawa 2011, p. 1871-1897


Key issues: general works


id 30683

Szumański Andrzej

The System of Commercial Law. Commercial Arbitration. Volume 8 [Original title: System Prawa Handlowego. Arbitraż handlowy. Tom 8]

Warszawa 2009, pp. 1200


Key issues: general works


id 30437

Szurski Tadeusz

On the Status of the Arbitrator in International Commercial Arbitration [Original title: O statusie arbitra w międzynarodowym arbitrażu handlowym]

[in:] Kazimierz Lankosz (ed.), Current Problems of International Law in Contemporary World. Book in Memory of Prof. Marian Iwanejko [Aktualne problemy prawa międzynarodowego we współczesnym świecie. Księga pamiątkowa poświęcona pamięci Profesora Mariana Iwanejko], Kraków 1995, p. 177-192


Key issues: arbitrator


id 30945

Tomaszewski Maciej

2010 UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules [Original title: Regulamin Arbitrażowy UNCITRAL 2010]

Arbitration e-Review 2010, No. 3, p. 5-15


Key issues: general works


id 31045

Tomaszewski Maciej

Challenge of an Arbitrator and the Mode of Consideration Thereof [Original title: Wniosek o wyłączenie arbitra i tryb rozpoznania wniosku]

PS 2012, No. 2, p. 25-45


Key issues: petition to set aside arbitration award, arbitrator


id 30357

Tomaszewski Maciej

Effectiveness of Legal Protection before Arbitration Courts. Polish Experience [Original title: Skuteczność ochrony prawnej przed sądami polubownymi. Doświadczenia polskie]

PS 2006, No. 1, p. 34-64


Key issues: arbitrator, arbitration award, arbitration court procedure, recognition and enforcement of domestic arbitration award, recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitration award, state court assistance


id 30173

Tomaszewski Maciej

Reasons for Challenge of an Arbitrator under the Polish Law [Original title: Przyczyny wyłączenia arbitra w świetle prawa polskiego]

[in:] Piotr Nowaczyk, Sylwester Pieckowski, Jerzy Poczobut, Andrzej Szumański, Andrzej Tynel (ed.), Polish and International Commercial Arbitration at the Threshold of the 21st Century: A Commemorative Volume in Honour of Dr Tadeusz Szurski [Międzynarodowy i krajowy arbitraż handlowy u progu XXI wieku. Księga pamiątkowa dedykowana doktorowi habilitowanemu Tadeuszowi Szurskiemu], Warszawa 2008, p. 245-260


Key issues: arbitrator


id 30691

Tynel Andrzej

Authority for Substitutive Arbitrator Appointment [Original title: Organ zastępczej nominacji arbitrów]

[in:] Andrzej Janik (ed.), Studies and Papers. Anniversary Book Dedicated to Professor Andrzej Całus [Studia i rozprawy. Księga jubileuszowa dedykowana profesorowi Andrzejowi Całusowi], Warszawa 2009,


Key issues: arbitrator


id 31030

Wiśniewski Andrzej W.

Independence and Impartiality of Arbitrators in the Light of the Polish Law and International Practice [Original title: Niezależność i bezstronność arbitrów w świetle prawa polskiego i praktyki międzynarodowej]

[in:] J. Gudowski, K. Weitz (ed.), Aurea praxis, aurea theoria. Księga pamiątkowa ku czci Profesora Tadeusza Erecińskiego, tom II [Aurea praxis, aurea theoria. A Commemorative Volume in Honour of Professor Tadeusz Ereciński, Vol. II], Warszawa 2011, p. 1961-1986


Key issues: arbitrator


id 31015

Wiśniewski Andrzej W.

International Commercial Arbitration in Poland. The Legal Status of Arbitration and Arbitrators [Original title: Międzynarodowy arbitraż handlowy w Polsce. Status prawny arbitrażu i arbitrów]

Warszawa 2011, pp. 612


Key issues: general works


id 30989

Wolak-Danecka Anna

Arbitration in the Czech Republic [Original title: Arbitraż w Republice Czeskiej]

Biul. Arb. 2010-2011, No. 4, p. 71-81


Key issues: general works


id 31034

Zawiślak Karol

Receptum arbitrii

Warszawa 2012, pp. 322


Key issues: arbitrator


id 40002

Buchman Louis B.

How to select an arbitrator? »

Publication arbitraz.laszczuk.pl

Key issues: arbitrator

id 50047

Bilewska Katarzyna, Paczoska Dorota

Impartiality and Independence of an Arbitrator [Original title: Bezstronność oraz niezależność arbitra] »

ADR. Arbitraż i Mediacja 2009, No. 1

Key issues: arbitrator


id 50120

Flejszar Radosław

Arbitrator - Judge of Choice [Arbiter - sędzia z wyboru] »

ADR. Arbitraż i Mediacja 2010, No. 4

Key issues: arbitrator



id 50087

Wach Małgorzata

Liability of an Arbitrator of an Arbitration Court [Original title: Odpowiedzialność arbitra sądu polubownego] »

ADR. Arbitraż i Mediacja 2009, No. 4

Key issues: arbitrator