2024 NAI Arbitration Rules
The NAI Arbitration Rules 2024 (Arbitration Rules) provide for even more efficient and faster dispute resolution through innovative tools. A newly developed arbitration platform facilitates secure electronic communication. The new Arbitration Rules also focus on sustainability, diversity, and inclusivity.
For 75 years, the NAI has been a leading European arbitration institute that stands for quality and innovation. We are constantly working to optimise our processes and further develop our services. The new Arbitration Rules are a good example of this. The changes in the new Arbitration Rules are extensive. Besides an entirely new structure, the NAI Arbitration Rules 2024 have several new features. We are happy to explain the most important changes.
Additional safeguards for arbitrators’ independence and impartiality
- New reporting requirement on litigation funding.
- Enhancing the arbitrator’s declaration of independence, impartiality, availability, and electronic accessibility.
- Appointment of the chair by the co-arbitrators and the responsible member of the NAI Case Management Committee.
- Improved regulation on the challenge of arbitrators (including an anti-abuse provision).
Efficiency improvements
- More efficient appointment procedures (direct NAI appointments if parties cannot work it out themselves).
- Introduction of a fixed pre-trial hearing and a fixed interim pre-trial hearing.
- Introduction of expedited arbitration.
- Early determination of unfounded disputes.
- Resolution of disputes from multiple contracts in one arbitration.
- Option of English-language proceedings relating to arbitration at the Netherlands Commercial Court.
Quality improvements
- Balanced scrutiny of the draft arbitral award by the NAI.
- Option of cost sanctions by arbitrators for improper procedural behaviour.
Sustainability, diversity and inclusivity
- Communication only via the NAI arbitration platform or email.
- Obligation to account for the importance of sustainability issues, diversity, and inclusivity.
Please let us know if you have any questions about the new rules. You can contact secretariaat@nai.nl
Overview of the NAI Arbitration Rules
| NAI Arbitration Rules – version | Text | Appendices | Addenda |
| NAI Arbitration Rules 2024 | web version | web version | – |
| NAI Arbitration Rules 2015 | web version | pdf | ||
| NAI Arbitration Rules 2010 | – | – |