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Rafał Morek, Ph.D.

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Rafał has extensive experience representing clients in business and other disputes before both Polish state courts and international as well domestic arbitral tribunals. Dr. Morek has also taken part in more than forty proceedings as an arbitrator and a mediator. He is an assistant professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Warsaw, where he has been teaching courses on civil and commercial law, as well as negotiation, mediation and arbitration. He is an author or editor of three books and several articles in the field of dispute resolution and private law. In 2009, Dr. Morek was appointed as the Secretary of the Council for Alternative Methods of Conflict and Dispute Resolution at Poland’s Ministry of Justice.

Posts by Rafał Morek, Ph.D.

Service of judicial documents in civil or commercial matters: Polish law inconsistent with the Regulation EC 1393/2007 – ECJ’s judgment in Alder v. Orlowska case

Autor Rafał Morek, Ph.D. Posted in Litigation

The notion of the so-called “serving by default”, namely deeming a letter properly served although a participant of the proceedings has never collected it, is as we know very important in practice. On the one hand, it is hard to imagine the smooth running of court or administrative proceedings without it, on the other hand,… Continue Reading

The world map of investment arbitration in ICSID statistics

Autor Rafał Morek, Ph.D. Posted in Arbitration, Investment Arbitration

The number of new cases registered in the International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes is at the highest level in 40 years. The protracted international financial crisis, controversial political and economic decisions of some governments, extensive consequences of the Arab Spring, the risk that Greece and some other states may go “bankrupt” and generally… Continue Reading

Time is more valuable than money

Autor Rafał Morek, Ph.D. Posted in Arbitration

A few weeks ago – in the midst of the UEFA EURO 2012 Championship and with the Olympic Games almost upon us – I posted a blog entry on the fastest among all fast-track arbitrations. Today I’m staying on the same track to share again a few thoughts on the timing of arbitration – from… Continue Reading