Brunei

The Legal Framework for Arbitration

General Information

  • UNCITRAL Model-Law based: Yes

  • Legal Provisions: Brunei Arbitration Act 1994 (CAP 173 Rev. 1999), based on the old English Arbitration Act 1950; Arbitration Order, 2009; International Arbitration Order, 2009.

Arbitral Institutions

  • Brunei Darussalam Arbitration Centre

Multilateral Conventions

  • New York Convention: Yes (ratification/accession: 25 July 1996.); reservations: Brunei Darussalam will on the basis of reciprocity apply the said Convention to the recognition and enforcement of only those awards which are made in the territory of another Contracting State.

  • ICSID Convention: Yes (ratification/accession: 16 September 2002).

  • Energy Charter Treaty: No. 

 

Last update February 2019