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Settlements in cases administered under the SCC Rules
This report examines how and when parties settle disputes in arbitrations under the SCC Rules between 2021 and 2023. Drawing on case data, it highlights the frequency and timing of settlements, the use of consent awards under Article 45, and the procedural flexibility that enables parties to formalise agreements within the SCC framework. The findings illustrate how the SCC’s approach supports efficient, enforceable, and amicable resolution of disputes across diverse sectors and jurisdictions.
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By Jake Lowther, Raoul J. Sievers, and Joakim Raivio, 2025
SCC Report: Arbitrating for peace: Stockholm, SCC Arbitration Institute, and ISDS
This report highlights the SCC’s longstanding and trusted role in Investor-State Dispute Settlement. With 129 ISDS cases since 1993 and continued references in 96 active International Investment Agreements, the SCC remains a preferred forum for complex cross-border disputes. Its neutrality is reinforced by the global spread of users, from civil, common, and hybrid legal systems, and its involvement in key treaties like the Energy Charter Treaty. Despite changes in the investment landscape, including the termination of many intra-EU BITs, the SCC continues to serve as a stable, impartial venue for international arbitration, promoting peaceful dispute resolution and economic cooperation worldwide.
By Jake Lowther, Raoul J. Sievers, and Caroline Falconer, 2025
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Costs of arbitration and apportionment of costs under the SCC Rules
The report provides fresh data following the SCC’s previous report on the subject from 2016.
By Jake Lowther, Lorenzo Nizzi, and Samuel Hörberg Delac, 2024.
Dispute resolution in public sector contracts (mainly in Swedish)
Swedish: Tvistlösning avseende offentligt upphandlade kontrakt
Main report in Swedish. Abstract in English.
This report analyses dispute resolution in publicly procured contracts at the SCC and in the general courts of Sweden. It compares data from cases decided between 2013 and 2023 that relate to public procurement contracts.
By Madeleine Thörn, Sofia Tendorf, Johanna Nisell and Samuel Hörberg Delac, 2024.
SCC Practice Note: Security for Costs 2017–2022
In 2017, the SCC added user-friendly provisions to the SCC Rules, including on security for costs. The Practice Note reviews the decisions on security for costs in closed proceedings from 2017 to 2022.
By Jake Lowther, Gaurav Majumdar, 2024
SCC Practice Note: Mediation proceedings 2017–2022
Mediation is one of the types of dispute resolution services offered at the SCC. The practice note discusses developments in this area from 2017 to 2022, and analyses the revisions made to the SCC Mediation Rules which entered into force on 1 January 2023.
By Yi Ting Sam, 2024
Industry Insights: 2023 Energy Arbitration Report
In the global shift to green energy, rising disputes in the energy field are expected. In this Jus Mundi Energy Arbitration Report, our famous role in energy dispute resolution is discussed and current statistics on energy related disputes at the SCC is given.
By Caroline Falconer, Gaurav Majumdar, 2023
SCC Practice Note: Summary Procedure Decisions 2017–2022
Summary procedure enables all parties to an SCC arbitration to seek a decision on discrete issues of fact or law at a preliminary stage of the proceedings, without necessarily taking all the procedural steps that would usually apply in the arbitration.This report reviews and analyses the decisions of arbitral tribunals upon requests from the parties for summary procedure from 2017 to 2022.
By Jake Lowther, Yi Ting Sam, 2024
SCC Practice Note: Emergency Arbitrator Decisions 2019–2022
In a world where disputes can arise unexpectedly, having the right tools to swiftly resolve them is invaluable. In this Practice Note, Emergency Arbitrator Decisions made by the SCC in the time period between 2019 and 2022 are summarized.
By Evelina T. Wahlström, Head of Quality and Legal Counsel at the SCC, 2023.
Ad hoc vs. Institutional Arbitration in Construction Disputes
It is more expensive and time-consuming to resolve construction disputes in ad hoc arbitration than at the SCC Arbitration Institute. The report compares 35 ad hoc arbitrations with 25 arbitrations under the SCC Rules.
By Natalia Petrik and Adam Runestam, 2023
SCC Practice Note: Prima Facie Jurisdiction 2013-2023
The practice note focuses on the decisions on prima facie jurisdiction issued by the SCC between 2013 and 2023. In the practice note, the SCC’s stance in relation to its prima facie jurisdiction is discussed, and the cases where the SCC found it manifestly lacked jurisdiction are presented.
By Adam Runestam, 2023
SCC Practice Note: Emergency Arbitrator Decisions 2017–2018
The SCC was one of the first arbitration institutions in the world to provide for emergency arbitrator proceedings. In 2010, the new Appendix II was added to the SCC Arbitration Rules and the Rules for Expedited Arbitrations enabling parties to seek interim measures before a case is referred to the arbitral tribunal.
Ten years after the introduction of Appendix II, the SCC has seen a total of 47 applications for appointment of an emergency arbitrator.
This article will summarize all emergency arbitrator decisions rendered in 2017 and 2018. It refers to commercial arbitration cases only.
By Evelina T. Wahlström, 2020
Green technology disputes at the SCC Arbitration Institute
This report, published in connection with SCC Digital Week 2022, analyzes green technology disputes registered with the SCC between 1 January 2019 and 1 October 2022. The report highlights the need for the arbitration community to play its part in reducing the negative impacts of climate change and facilitating the transitionto a low-carbon economy.
By Christoffer Coello Hedberg, 2022
SCC Practice Note: Emergency arbitrators in investment treaty disputes at the SCC 2014-2019
The SCC Rules provide the opportunity to seek interim relief in investment treaty disputes. In 2014-2019 emergency decisions were made in ten disputes arising out of alleged violations of BITs or ECT. In six disputes emergency relief was granted.
By Alexey Pirozhkin, 2020
Green technology disputes in Stockholm 2014-2018
More green technology companies are resorting to arbitration at the SCC. In line with the transformation to a low-carbon economy, green technology will continue to expand. As a result, disputes involving green business could also be expected to increase.
By Sukma Dwi Andrina, August, 2019
SCC Practice Note: SCC Board Decisions on Challenges to Arbitrators 2016–2018
By Anja Ipp, SCC Legal Counsel och SCC Interns Rodrigo Carè och Valeryia Dubeshka. SCC challenges to Arbitrators 2016–2018: August 2019
Read the article Diversity in Arbitrator Appointments
The report focuses on the diversity trends in arbitrator appointments by the SCC Arbitration Institute from 2015 to 2019. It highlights the importance of party appointments in driving arbitrator diversity and suggests systematic approaches to increase diversity, such as using arbitrator databases and considering diverse candidates.
Read the report Rapport: Tvister säljer Sverige
Rapporten förklarar Sveriges position som forum för internationella tvister, dess betydelse för svensk ekonomi och hur vi kan stärka Sveriges konkurrenskraft.
Read the report (only in Swedish) SCC Practice Note: Mediation Proceedings 2003-2017
Between 2003 and 2017, the SCC registered 40 mediation cases. The mediations administered during this period were almost evenly split between Swedish and international disputes. The majority of mediators appointed were Swedish. This SCC mediation caseload shows that mediation is suitable in both low-value and high-value disputes. In 14 of the 40 mediations registered by the SCC since 2003, the stated amount in dispute has exceeded EUR 1 million.
By Samuel Carey, 2017.
SCC Practice Note – Emergency Arbitrator Decisions 2015-2016
Emergency Arbitrator Decisions Rendered 2015-2016.
SCC was one of the first arbitration institutions in the world to provide for emergency arbitrator proceedings. In 2010, the new Appendix II was added to the SCC Arbitration Rules and the Rules for Expedited Arbitrations (“SCC Rules”), allowing a party in need of prompt interim relief to receive a decision from an emergency arbitrator if no tribunal had yet been constituted. In these first seven years, the SCC has seen a total of 27 applications for the appointment of an emergency arbitrator, with 13 of those received in 2016 alone. This note summarizes the decisions rendered in 2015 and 2016, and draw some conclusions.
By Anja Havedal Ipp, SCC Legal Counsel, June 2017.
Investor-state disputes at the SCC
By Celeste E. Salinas Quero, SCC Legal Counsel. Investor-state disputes at the SCC: February 2017
Download the article SCC Decisions on Challenges to Arbitrators 2013-2015
By Anja Havedal Ipp, SCC Legal Counsel. Challenges to arbitrators: January 2017.
Download the article 2017 SCC Rules – Key changes
By Celeste E. Salinas Quero, SCC Legal Counsel, December 2016.
Download the article Costs of arbitration and apportionment of costs under the SCC Rules
By Celeste Salinas Quero, SCC Legal Counsel. February 2016.
Download the article SCC Practice Note: Emergency Arbitrator Decisions Rendered 2014
By Lotta Knapp. Since the introduction of the emergency procedure, the SCC has seen a total of 13 applications for the appointment of an emergency arbitrator. This article will outline the main issues raised in the four emergency proceedings that were initiated at the SCC during 2014, followed by concluding remarks based on all 13 cases.
Download the report SCC Practice: Arbitration Costs in Settled Cases
This article reviews arbitration costs when the parties decide to settle their case, after the case has been referred to the tribunal.
By Sukma Dwi Andrina
SCC Practice: Emergency Arbitrator Decisions
This report reviews the SCC experience on Emergency Arbitration proceedings from 2010-2013.
By Johan Lundstedt
Towards consolidation of a ‘Pro Arbitration’ Approach
The Practice Note summarizes prima facie jurisdictional issues decided between 2010 and 2012. Compiled by former SCC intern Felipe Mutis Tellez, the report includes over 45 decisions.
Download the article The SCC Experience of Insurance Disputes
By Erik Mårild. This SCC Practice Note reviews insurance disputes registered at the SCC between 2002 and April 2013.
Download the report Innovation in Arbitration – The Report
The Report visits each one of the three sessions of the Conference: ”Technology in Arbitration”, ”Innovation: Clients and Counsel” and ”A Client’s wishlist” (2012).
Innovation in arbitration 2012 Separate Awards for Advance on Costs, 1 January 2007-31 December 2011
Common trends in the application of Article 45(4) of the SCC Rules in SCC arbitrations have developed during the five years in which it has been possible to seek a separate award for reimbursement for Advance on Costs, concludes Gretta Walters in a article.
Download the article A Selection of Decisions of the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce concerning the Prima Facie Existence of an Arbitration Agreement
David Ramsjö and Siri Strömberg analyse the 131 prima facie jurisdictional challenges raised by respondents from January 2005 to December 2009.
Download the article The Next 10 Year ECT Investment Arbitration: A Vision for the Future – from a European Law Perspective
By Jan Kleinheisterkamp.
Download the article El Arbitraje en Suecia y el Nombramiento de árbitros bajo el Reglamento del Instituto de Arbitraje de la Cámara de Comercio de Estocolmo
Basic features, such as courts’ declarative judgements on jurisdiction, the Swedish approach on the seat of farbitration, set-aside proceedings, and a description of the appointment of arbitrators under the SCC Rules.
Download the article SCC Practice: Challenges to Arbitrators SCC Board decisions 2005-2007
By Helena Jung.
Download the article Challenges to Arbitrators – Decisions by the SCC Board during 2008-2010
By Niklas Lindström. This article reviews SCC Board decisions regarding challenges to arbitrators during 2008-2010.
Download the article Arbitrators’ independence and impartiality: a review of SCC Board decisions on challenges to arbitrators (2010-2012)
By Felipe Mutis Tellez. The report includes decisions made by the SCC board between 2010-2012.
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