ACICA has commenced the public consultation process for the revision of the ACICA Arbitration Rules. This consultation follows extensive work undertaken by the ACICA Rules Committee to innovate, add value to users and to continue building on ACICA’s established practice of providing a just, efficient, timely and cost-effective arbitral process.
The ACICA Arbitration Rules and ACICA Expedited Arbitration Rules were last revised in 2021 and came into effect on 1 April 2021 as the ACICA Arbitration Rules 2021 and ACICA Expedited Rules 2021.
Feedback from the community – including law firms, barristers, arbitrators, tribunal secretaries, experts, funders, in-house counsel, users, and academics – is critically important to shaping the arbitration rules.
ACICA welcomes comments until 18 May 2026.
A short survey has been created to allow respondents to provide comments on each of the key areas quickly and easily including practice notes, artificial intelligence, settlement windows, sustainability, diversity, confidentiality, change in party representation, emergency arbitrator provisions, expedited arbitration, joinder, publication of anonymised decisions and awards, and opt-in appeals procedure. To participate in the survey, please click here.
ACICA also welcomes written submissions until 18 May 2026 at secretariat@acica.org.au.
