Security for Costs in International Arbitration

This is the first and leading comprehensive guide to security for costs in international arbitration, including commercial and investment arbitration, providing a text which will be the key resource for those considering, making and ruling on applications for security for costs. It is the first and only work to consider the 40+ factors informing the discretion to award security for costs.

The author begins with an introduction and description of the security of costs controversy in international arbitration, and then explains the developing approach of arbitral tribunals to applications for security for costs, with reference to decisions published by ICC and ASA, and statistics of LCIA and decisions of the UK courts. The book features an analysis of the reasons given for restricting security for costs in international commercial arbitration to ‘exceptional circumstances’ or similar. The author conveys discretionary factors taken into account by the courts and arbitral tribunals, special considerations for investor-state arbitrations, the correct approach to the exercise of the discretion, the manner of making and resisting applications, appropriate orders to be made on applications, and consequences of orders.

This book is written for all arbitration practitioners around the world, including arbitrators ruling on applications. The work would be incidentally useful to litigation practitioners.

Contents:

1. Introduction to the controversy. 2. The evolution and nature of security for costs. 3. Power and proof. 4. Historical approaches to security for costs in arbitration. 5. Total circumstances factors. 6. The mechanics. 7. Party consent and security for costs. 8. Party autonomy, procedural fairness, and the nature of arbitration. 9. Utility of security for costs in international commercial arbitration. 10. Security for costs in international investment arbitration.

Keywords: Security for Costs, International Arbitration, Cameron Ford, Informa Law, Routledge, Legal Reference, Arbitration Law, Investment Arbitration, Commercial Arbitration, Dispute Resolution

Target Audience: Legal Practitioners, Arbitrators, Law Students, Academics, Legal Scholars, International Lawyers, Corporate Counsel, Dispute Resolution Professionals, Arbitration Institutions, Legal Researchers

Genre: Legal Reference, Arbitration Law, International Law