Launch of the German Arbitration Digest (GAD)

Newsletter 5/2024 - News

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On 12 September 2024, DIS has started the German Arbitration Digest (GAD), a new service to the arbitration community to promote Germany as an arbitration venue.

GAD is an online project to bridge the language gap in arbitration-related case law. GAD offers comprehensive summaries of decisions from Germany's highest courts, making them available in the English language for an international audience. GAD supports lawyers, courts and users worldwide by providing easy access to German arbitration jurisprudence, thereby increasing the predictability of legal decisions. Additionally, it not only showcases how arbitration matters are handled in Germany but also contributes to the global Case Law on UNCITRAL Texts (CLOUT) database.

GAD is likewise special as it involves the DIS40 community for drafting the summaries. Nearly 100 young dispute resolution specialists have volunteered for this project. Each summary undergoes a review process by well-experienced arbitration practitioners, guaranteeing high levels of expertise and insight.

We are indebted to Evgenia Peiffer for conceptualizing and implementing GAD at her time as DIS40 co-chair, to Marie Grüger, Nadja Harraschain, Polina Lehmann and Christian Steger as DIS40 co-chairs for continuing and expanding the project, to Lars Markert and Nils Schmidt-Ahrendts of the DIS Advisory Board for launching and continuously supporting the project and to Thomas Losem of the DIS Secretariat for patiently accompanying the conceptualization and diligently implementing GAD.

GAD complements the DIS board’s efforts to promote Germany as an arbitration venue which include actively accompanying the modernization of the German arbitration law or the establishment of bilateral arbitration groups with further initiatives to be announced in due course.

We invite you to follow GAD on LinkedIn and to explore the GAD website for the summaries already published.

Reinmar Wolff
 

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