Judgment of the District Court for Prague 5 No 10 C 263/2003 of 20 October 2003 (upheld by the Judgment of the Municipal Court in Prague No 18 Co 18/2004 of 2 April 2004)

Claimant X, who had the procedural status of the respondent in ad hoc arbitration, filed an application with the court, within the meaning of the second sentence of Section 12(2) of the ArbAct [CZE],  which was directed against all arbitrators in the tribunal which had been constituted in the meantime.

keywords
nature of court proceedings on the disqualification of an arbitrator
parties to court proceedings
status of arbitrators in court proceedings pursuant to Section 12(2) of the ArbAct [CZE]
about the authors

Univ. Professor, Dr.iur., Mgr., Dipl. Ing. oec/MB, Dr.h.c. Lawyer admitted and practising in Prague/CZE (Branch N.J./US), Senior Partner of the Law Offices Bělohlávek, Dept. of Law, Faculty of Economics, Ostrava, CZE, Dept. of Int. and European Law, Faculty of Law, Masaryk University, Brno, CZE (visiting), Chairman of the Commission on Arbitration ICC National Committee CZE, Arbitrator in Prague, Vienna, Kiev etc. Member of ASA, DIS, Austrian Arb. Association. The President of the WJA – the World Jurist Association, Washington D.C./USA.

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