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Ciarb Guideline on the Use of AI in Arbitration (2025)
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
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Ciarb's non-binding guideline, launched in March 2025 and updated in September 2025, in four parts: benefits and risks; general recommendations; arbitrators' powers to rule on and require disclosure of AI use; and arbitrators' own use of AI. Appendices give a template party agreement and procedural order. It adopts the OECD definition of AI.
- Applies to
- parties, lawyers, judges
- Effective
- See version history
- Current version
- Updated September 2025 · 05 Sept 2025
- Last verified
- 04 Sept 2026
What the document requires
- Art. 7: tribunals may impose continuing AI-disclosure duties on parties, experts and witnesses; non-disclosure may lead to adverse inferences or costs consequences.
- Art. 6: tribunals may rule on admissibility of AI-generated material, consider bias and training data, and require the link between record and output to be explained.
- Art. 8.2: arbitrators should not relinquish decision-making to AI or delegate legal analysis and application of law to facts.
- Art. 8.3-8.4: arbitrators must independently verify AI-derived information and assume responsibility for the whole award.
- Art. 9: arbitrators should consult parties before using an AI tool and refrain if parties disagree.
Version history
| Version | Date | What changed | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Updated September 2025current | 2025-09-05 | Revised text; adds a template Agreement on the Use of AI and a template Procedural Order. | official |
| Original | 2025-03-01 | First version recorded. | official |
Sources
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SafeLegalAI Legal AI Regulation Tracker, "Ciarb Guideline on the Use of AI in Arbitration (2025)" (Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Updated September 2025, 2025-09-05), safelegalai.com/regulation/international/int-ciarb-ai-arbitration-guideline (accessed 2026-09-04). Data: CC BY 4.0.
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