The principle of confidentiality is one of the highlights of the institution of arbitration. Its application is not uniform in the national legislation. The parties to an arbitration agreement may experience various unpleasant situations such as unwanted disclosure of issues they wanted to keep secret, although they had relied on the fact that the private nature of arbitration would protect them from prying eyes and unwanted third parties. In this article we take a brief foray into national and

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... international legislation, analyzing the way in which the principle of confidentiality is applied.