Case costs

The Danish Building and Construction Arbitration Board is a private enterprise established at the request of organisations in the building and construction sector to facilitate dispute resolution in the industry. The Board has no ‘shareholders’ or other stakeholders who would benefit from a positive return, and the Board is in principle operated as a non-profit organisation, which means that cases must break even financially and that income and expenses must be relatively balanced.

All expenses of the Board related to case handling, including those of staff, facilities and rent, are met by the fees and charges payable by the parties to cases and through returns on deposits received.

Når en sag startes op i Voldgiftsnævnet, vil der blive opkrævet en sikkerhedsstillelse – et depot – der skal dække sagens udgifter. Depotet vil løbende blive øget, hvis det viser sig, at sagens udgifter stiger.

Fees and charges payable to the Board depend on the type of case, for example whether it is a speedy resolution case, an arbitral case or an expert appraisal case. Further information is available on the different pages for case types.

The accounts of the Arbitration Board are not publicly available, but the Board has a solid financial foundation and manages its finances and deposits in a professional manner

Som følge af den generelle finansielle situation, herunder et væsentligt fald i indtægterne fra depoterne, justerede Voldgiftsnævnet i 2015 grundlaget for sin prispolitik, således at der tages udgangspunkt i faste takster – også ved forlig. Jo senere en sag forliges, jo højere bliver serviceafgiften. Der tages således ikke stilling fra sag til sag om omfanget af faktisk udført arbejde, hverken når arbejdet langt overstiger det forventelig eller hvor der alene er udført ganske få sagsskridt.

Prispolitikken justeret løbende efter behov, senest den 1. september 2022. Ændringerne er kort beskrevet i midterste kolonne og under de enkelte faneblade pr. sagstype.

Cases filed before 1 January 2015 are treated in accordance with the rules in force at the time. Consequently several different payment methods will be applied for a number of years.

For mediation, conciliation, speedy resolution, simplified arbitration and anticipatory dispute resolution, it is now possible to offset fees and charges if the proceedings do not lead to agreement and the case has to be referred to arbitration. Similarly, if an arbitral case is referred to mediation and conciliation, fees and charges will be offset.

If a meeting is to be held on the premises of the Arbitration Board, cancellation of bookings must be made not later than thirty days before the scheduled meeting date. If a new date is set for the hearing of a case and premises are rented for that purpose, only the actual use of premises will be charged for, and there will be no charge for premises booked for meeting dates that were cancelled. If the case is not heard at a later date, payment will be charged for the cancelled meeting date(s). If external premises are used, the terms and conditions of the provider of those premises will apply.

If other meeting facilities are used, for example in a hotel, the venue’s cancellation rules will apply.

Fees and charges

As of April 1, 2021, new and more standardized prices for fees, charges, and honorariums have been introduced across case types, regardless of the agreement basis.

Priserne er justeret for sager indgået efter 1. september 2022.

In arbitration cases, the fee is 3,000 DKK for cases received before September 1, 2022, and 4,000 DKK for cases received after this date. A range of additional fees has been introduced for services that go beyond the usual, such as for decisions and urgent cases.

A possibility for price reduction is offered in all settled arbitration cases, not just in the very large cases. Additionally, the total honorarium pool was reduced by up to 20% in larger arbitration cases in 2021.

Honorariums are, to a large extent, coordinated with more fixed rates in smaller single-arbitrator cases, tribunal cases, mediation, and conciliation cases. The rates serve as a starting point and may be reduced or increased if the nature and duration of the case warrant it, in accordance with the criteria in the guidelines on honorariums.

The price for room rental at the Arbitration Board is reduced.

The new prices apply to all cases, regardless of how the case is initiated, if this results in a lower price for the user, according to the news release from March 17, 2021, and the guidelines below.

Fees are mandatory and payable when a complaint is lodged with the Arbitration Board. The lodging of a complaint results in a series of activities in the Board, including case registration and assessment of documents submitted. The service charge payable varies depending on the case type (see the list below).

Vejledningen nedenfor vedrører både beregning af honorarer og serviceafgift. For god ordens skyld ses den tidligere samlede vejledning fortsat.

The price structure is described on the individual pages for each case type.

Payment information

FIK-koden, som nævnet ved sagens start sender til sagens parter, skal anvendes for at sikre en hurtig og korrekt registrering af betalinger og depoter. Nogle af nævnets breve indeholder koder for begge parter, hvor parternes navne angives tydeligt ud for den relevante kode. Indbetal venligst på rette FIK-kode. Enkelte IT-systemer understøtter ikke brug af FIK-kode, hvorfor indbetaling i disse tilfælde kan ske til:

Danske Bank, registration number 4180, account number 4180211519
SWIFT: DABADKKK – DKK IBAN: DK5830004180211519

If manual transfers are used, please state the Arbitration Board file number, the names of the parties and the name of the payer.

Unfortunately it is not currently possible to use the EAN system for electronic invoicing, and electronic invoices will be therefore be issued only in response to a special request sent to bogh@voldgift.dk.

The Arbitration Board is not registered for VAT, so all fees and charges are exempt from VAT. If and when the Arbitration Board invoices services on which VAT must be paid – typically expenses related to expert appraisal – the VAT amount will be specified in the settlement letter.

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