Expedited arbitration: Asia-Pacific Institutional Rules – Overview and comparative table guide

Expedited Arbitration is an arbitral mechanism that provides for fast and efficient resolution of certain arbitral disputes.

This article briefly examines the institutional rules of:

• the Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (ACICA);
• the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC);
• the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC);
• the Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC – formerly KLRCA);
• the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC); and
• the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC).

We have also developed a comparative table of the Expedited Procedure provisions of the above institutions, which is available for download here.