In­ter­na­tion­al Ar­bit­ra­tion for Art-Related Dis­putes and the Court of Ar­bit­ra­tion for Art

De­vel­op­ment sum­mary

The art­icle ad­dresses the use of in­ter­na­tion­al ar­bit­ra­tion in dis­putes con­cern­ing works of art and the Court of Ar­bit­ra­tion for Art (CAfA), which was es­tab­lished in 2018 by the Neth­er­lands Ar­bit­ra­tion In­sti­tute and the Found­a­tion Au­then­tic­a­tion in Art. It states that CAfA offers ar­bit­ra­tion and al­tern­at­ive dis­pute res­ol­u­tion for art dis­putes, has ad­op­ted its own ar­bit­ra­tion rules, and fo­cuses in par­tic­u­lar on the seat of ar­bit­ra­tion, the re­quire­ment that ar­bit­rat­ors be chosen from CAfA’s ap­proved list, and limits on expert evid­ence in cer­tain dis­putes.