Confidentiality of arbitral proceedings is often attributed as
the driving force behind the growth of international arbitration in
the last sixty years. But, as Redfern and Hunter mentions, though
confidentiality still remains a key attraction of arbitration
"...the oncegeneral confidentiality of arbitral proceedings
has been eroded in recent years..."1. Recently, in
the 2018 International Arbitration Survey: The Evolution of
International Arbitration, conducted by White & Case and Queen
Mary University of London, 87% of respondents believed that
confidentiality in international commercial arbitration is of
importance. However, confidentiality is not of itself the single
biggest driver behind the choice of arbitration.2
