While the conduct of counsel in national court proceedings is subject to standardised local regulation, enforceable by disciplinary action before local authorities and courts, the conduct of counsel in international arbitration does not similarly lend itself to a uniform system of substantive rules, and there is no supra-national regulatory body to enforce any such rules on an international level.
Originally published in The International Comparative Legal Guide to: International Arbitration 2019, 16th Ed., A practical cross-border insight into international arbitration work.
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