The Prague rules – dispelling misconceptions

On 14 December, the “Prague rules”- which seek to give a more civil law flavour to arbitration procedure where that is what parties want – will be launched in the Czech capital in cooperation with GAR. Ahead of the launch, Vladimir Khvalei of Baker McKenzie in Moscow, who is a member of the working group which came up with the rules, explains their “spirit and scope of application” and seeks to dispel 10 common misconceptions about them.