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An introduction to arbitration in the British Virgin Islands
In the British Virgin Islands, arbitration is principally regulated by the Arbitration Act 2013 (the Act), which came into force in 2014.
The Act is modelled upon the UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration (the Model Law), subject to a number of local modifications. The Act is supplemented by the BVI IAC Arbitration Rules (the BVI Rules), which were brought into force in 2016.
BVI International Arbitration Centre
The BVI International Arbitration Centre (the IAC) also opened in 2016. The IAC was the first centre of its kind in the Caribbean to provide a forum for dispute…
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