06 - Arbitration Flashcards
Arbitration
WHAT and HOW
Adjudicative Process
Contract Clause
Arbitration
General Principals
Objective
Parties Free Agreement Resolve
Court NOT Intervene
General Principals
Objective
Fair AND Impartial
Unnecessary Delay OR Expense
General Principals
Parties Free Agreement Resolve
Contractual Right
Free = MUST Consent
General Principals
Court NOT Intervene
Unless = Uphold Contract; Correct Injustice
Arbitration
Requirements
Dispute OR Difference Dispute MUST Arbitrable Agreement to Arbitrate Dispute in Agreement Capacity Pre-conditions
Requirements
Dispute WHAT
Legal Cause of Action
Dispute Liability
Requirements
Difference WHAT
NO Cause of Action
AND = Disagree or Failure to Agree
Requirements
Dispute Arbitrable NOT
NOT Legal Status = Marriage
NOT Public Law = Bankruptcy; Crime; Patent
Requirements
Agreement to Arbitrate
Requirements
Writing
Consent
Rules = Statute; Institution
Agreement to Arbitrate
Repudiation WHEN
Breach Contract
Litigation Stayed
Result = MAY Damages
Agreement to Arbitrate
Third Parties Enforcement
Right to Enforce
Express Term
Confers = Benefit AND Intention (to Enforce)
Requirements
Dispute in Agreement WHEN
General Clause
Jurisdiction
Dispute in Agreement
General Clause
Dispute ARISE from Contract
Construction Contract = Intention; Commercial Effect
Dispute in Agreement
Jurisdiction
Disputed Matter IS Contract Clause
Fili Shipping v Premium Nafta
Rescind Contract for Bribery
Arbitration Clause ‘Any Dispute’
MUST Arbitrate
Requirements
Capacity
Children < 18 years
Mental Capacity
Requirements
Pre-conditions
MUST Comply
Reason = Protect Right to Arbitrate
Pre-conditions
Scott v Avery Clause
NO Court Proceedings
Unless Arbitration Award
Arbitration Procedure
STEPS
Agreement Dispute Notice of Arbitration Tribunal Appointment Preliminary Hearing Statement of Case Exchange Terms of Reference Hearing Decision Award Enforcement
Notice of Arbitration
WHAT
Written Background Issues Remedies Reasons Tribunal Appointment
Tribunal Appointment
People
Number Panel
Chairman
Umpire
Tribunal Appointment
Chairman WHY
Prevent Deadlock
Split Decision = Chair