Free arbitration deadline calculator

DIS arbitration deadline calculator

Time limits under the German Arbitration Institute rules, encoded from the rules themselves with the citation, period, trigger and roll-over treatment for each. Pick a seat in the calculator below to compute a due date on that seat's real weekend and public-holiday calendar.

6 fixed binding deadlines are eligible for a server-recomputed Professional matter or Evidence Record. Advisory and source-verification-flagged entries remain free-only. Verify every result against the cited current institution rules, the applicable seat law and the facts of the matter.

2018 edition in force from 2018-03-01 · Methodology

Source checked 1 September 2026 · Open the official source

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Jurisdiction

Institution

DIS (German Arbitration Institute) deadlines, encoded from the institution's rules with their citations. Choose the seat (which sets the weekends and public holidays), the date the clock started, and the deadline. Confirm the exact rule edition before relying on a date.

Seat of arbitration

Drives the holiday calendar and the seat-law deadlines below.

When did the clock start? (trigger date)

Choose the date using your device calendar. The control follows your device’s date format.

Which deadline?

Receipt of the Request for Arbitration from the DIS.

After the award

Court deadlines under the seat law (United Kingdom (England & Wales))

These run under the law of the seat, not the institutional rules, and must be tracked separately. They are computed from the date of the award; confirm the seat and dates with counsel.

Challenge / appeal the award (England & Wales)

Date of the award (or, for awards on/after 1 Aug 2025, the "applicable date" under the Arbitration Act 2025)

28 days

Arbitration Act 1996 s.70(3)

Limitation to enforce the award (England & Wales)

The cause of action to enforce accrues

6 years

Limitation Act 1980 s.7

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Coverage reviewed August 2026 · ICC RulesReview coverage and exclusions

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Example input: 3 August 2026
Relevant fact: Answer to the Request for Arbitration, triggered on 3 August 2026.
Expected result: 17 September 2026

The calculator applies DIS Rules 2018 Art. 7.2, the 45-day period and the selected calendar.

Cited to the rule

DIS deadlines this calculator covers

7 encoded time limits, version-stamped to their rule edition.

Answer to the Request for ArbitrationDIS Rules 2018 Art. 7.2

45 days from Receipt of the Request for Arbitration from the DIS

Binding2018 editionRolls over on the recipient's calendar

Answer to the Request for Arbitration (maximum DIS extension)DIS Rules 2018 Art. 7.2

75 days from Receipt of the Request for Arbitration from the DIS

Binding2018 editionRolls over on the recipient's calendar

Respondent nominates its arbitratorDIS Rules 2018 Art. 7.1

21 days from Receipt of the Request for Arbitration from the DIS

Binding2018 editionRolls over on the recipient's calendar

Co-arbitrators nominate the presidentDIS Rules 2018 Art. 12.2

21 days from Confirmation / appointment of the two co-arbitrators

Binding2018 editionRolls over on the seat's calendar

Hold the case management conferenceDIS Rules 2018 Art. 27.2

21 days from Receipt of the file by the arbitral tribunal

Binding2018 editionRolls over on the seat's calendar

Submit the draft award to the DIS for reviewDIS Rules 2018 Art. 37

3 months from The last hearing or the last authorised written submission

Advisory2018 editionRolls over on the seat's calendar

Final award (Expedited Proceedings, Annex 4)DIS Rules 2018 Annex 4

6 months from The first case management conference

Binding2018 editionRolls over on the seat's calendar

Time limits at a glance

The headline periods below restate the encoded rules. Run the calculator above for the exact date on the seat's calendar.

Answer to the Request for Arbitration: what is the time limit under the DIS rules?

45 days from Receipt of the Request for Arbitration from the DIS, under DIS Rules 2018 Art. 7.2 (2018 edition). The period rolls over on the recipient's calendar.

Answer to the Request for Arbitration (maximum DIS extension): what is the time limit under the DIS rules?

75 days from Receipt of the Request for Arbitration from the DIS, under DIS Rules 2018 Art. 7.2 (2018 edition). The period rolls over on the recipient's calendar.

Respondent nominates its arbitrator: what is the time limit under the DIS rules?

21 days from Receipt of the Request for Arbitration from the DIS, under DIS Rules 2018 Art. 7.1 (2018 edition). The period rolls over on the recipient's calendar.

Co-arbitrators nominate the president: what is the time limit under the DIS rules?

21 days from Confirmation / appointment of the two co-arbitrators, under DIS Rules 2018 Art. 12.2 (2018 edition). The period rolls over on the seat's calendar.

Hold the case management conference: what is the time limit under the DIS rules?

21 days from Receipt of the file by the arbitral tribunal, under DIS Rules 2018 Art. 27.2 (2018 edition). The period rolls over on the seat's calendar.

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