{"id":12842,"date":"2026-07-01T09:09:37","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T07:09:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jklaw.pl\/mondaq-artykul-autorstwa-partnera-kancelarii-dr-lukasza-wydra\/"},"modified":"2026-08-16T16:35:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T14:35:33","slug":"mondaq-article-by-lukasz-wydra-phd-partner-at-the-law-firm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jklaw.pl\/en\/mondaq-article-by-lukasz-wydra-phd-partner-at-the-law-firm\/","title":{"rendered":"Mondaq: article by \u0141ukasz Wydra, PhD, Partner at the Law Firm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

An article entitled\u00a0\u201cArbitrator Disclosure in 2026: Three Rules That Still Catch Arbitrators Off Guard\u201d\u00a0has been published on the prestigious\u00a0Mondaq\u00a0platform. Its author is\u00a0Dr \u0141ukasz Wydra, Partner at\u00a0Jab\u0142o\u0144ski Ko\u017ami\u0144ski & Partners\u00a0and Head of the Firm\u2019s\u00a0Arbitration Practice, who examines the evolving standards of arbitrator impartiality.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Our expert identifies three key areas that, in 2026, most frequently catch arbitrators off guard and may expose the parties to multi-million-value risks:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Patterns of appointments, rather than individual cases<\/strong>
    In niche, highly specialised market sectors, the repeated appointment of the same arbitrator by the same law firm may be structurally unavoidable. A single coincidence is not, in itself, the problem \u2013 the pattern is. The relevant question is not:\u00a0\u201cDoes this particular case give rise to a conflict?\u201d<\/em>, but rather:\u00a0\u201cHow would a reasonable third party assess the cumulative picture?\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. The subjectivity trap in personal relationships<\/strong>
    One of the most serious mistakes an arbitrator can make is to decide independently that a past acquaintance or social relationship is \u201cirrelevant\u201d. Standards have evolved: it is for the parties, not the arbitrator, to determine whether a particular relationship is material. That assessment can only be left to the parties if the relevant facts are disclosed transparently. Failure to disclose may provide a straightforward route to a successful challenge to the award.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Social media activity as a ground for challenge<\/strong>
    This is one of the fastest-developing trends. A substantive LinkedIn post, an academic comment or a conference presentation, although entirely legitimate in itself, may be relied upon by an opposing party as evidence that the arbitrator has prejudged an issue. An arbitrator\u2019s digital footprint is becoming a new battleground in arbitral proceedings.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    We invite you to read the full analysis<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    An article entitled\u00a0\u201cArbitrator Disclosure in 2026: Three Rules That Still Catch Arbitrators Off Guard\u201d\u00a0has been published on the prestigious\u00a0Mondaq\u00a0platform. Its author is\u00a0Dr \u0141ukasz Wydra, Partner at\u00a0Jab\u0142o\u0144ski Ko\u017ami\u0144ski & Partners\u00a0and Head of the Firm\u2019s\u00a0Arbitration Practice, who examines the evolving standards of arbitrator impartiality. Our expert identifies three key areas that, in 2026, most frequently catch arbitrators off…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12604,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[118,121],"tags":[],"obszary-praktyki":[],"ppma_author":[268],"class_list":["post-12842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-media-en"],"acf":[],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":118,"label":"News"},{"value":121,"label":"Media"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/jklaw.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2026-GRAFIKI-JKLAW_blog-67-1024x576.png",1024,576,true],"author_info":{"display_name":"Administrator","author_link":"https:\/\/jklaw.pl\/en\/author\/administrator\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":118,"name":"News","slug":"news","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":118,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":286,"filter":"raw","term_order":"0","cat_ID":118,"category_count":286,"category_description":"","cat_name":"News","category_nicename":"news","category_parent":0},{"term_id":121,"name":"Media","slug":"media-en","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":121,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":96,"filter":"raw","term_order":"0","cat_ID":121,"category_count":96,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Media","category_nicename":"media-en","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":false,"authors":[{"term_id":268,"user_id":0,"is_guest":1,"slug":"dr-lukasz-wydra-en","display_name":"dr \u0141ukasz Wydra","avatar_url":{"url":"https:\/\/jklaw.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/800x1200-wydra.png","url2x":"https:\/\/jklaw.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/800x1200-wydra.png"},"first_name":"dr \u0141ukasz","last_name":"Wydra","funkcja":"ADVOCATE, PARTNER","telefon":"+48 22 416 60 04","job_title":"","linkedin":"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/lukasz-wydra-ph-d-in-laws-0571a0207\/","description":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jklaw.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jklaw.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jklaw.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jklaw.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jklaw.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12842"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jklaw.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12842\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12845,"href":"https:\/\/jklaw.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12842\/revisions\/12845"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jklaw.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jklaw.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jklaw.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jklaw.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12842"},{"taxonomy":"obszary-praktyki","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jklaw.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/obszary-praktyki?post=12842"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jklaw.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=12842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}