The Austrian Code of Civil Procedure (“ZPO”) contains a special part dedicated to arbitral proceedings (Sections 577 to 618 ZPO). This forms the Austrian lex arbitri.
Section 598 ZPO provides that each party in arbitration has a right to an “oral hearing”:
“Oral Hearings and Written Proceedings: Unless the parties have otherwise agreed, the arbitral tribunal shall decide whether to hold oral hearings, or whether the proceedings shall be conducted in writing. Where the parties have not excluded an oral hearing, the arbitral tribunal shall, upon motion of a party, hold an oral hearing at an appropriate stage of the proceedings”.
Originally published by ICCA - March 2021.
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