What is Arbitration? Mandatory Versus Voluntary Arbitration An arbitration clause may make the arbitration either mandatory or voluntary. Binding Versus Nonbinding Arbitration In binding arbitration, the arbitrator's decision is final. Choosing an Arbitrator Many arbitration agreements require that disputes be arbitrated through one of the big arbitration groups or associations.
Independent Arbitrators You can locate independent arbitrators and find out their fees and philosophies by looking in the phone book -- or doing an Internet search combining "arbitrator" and your location. Getting a Lawyer's Help Parties sometimes hire attorneys to help them through the arbitration process. Talk to a Lawyer Need a lawyer? Start here. Practice Area Please select Zip Code. How it Works Briefly tell us about your case Provide your contact information Choose attorneys to contact you.
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The Center maintains an extensive roster of arbitrators ranging from seasoned dispute-resolution generalists to highly specialized practitioners and experts covering the entire legal and technical spectrum of intellectual property.
In addition to their selection of neutrals of appropriate nationality, parties are able to choose such important elements as the applicable law, language and venue of the arbitration. This allows them to ensure that no party enjoys a home court advantage.
The WIPO Rules specifically protect the confidentiality of the existence of the arbitration, any disclosures made during that procedure, and the award. In certain circumstances, the WIPO Rules allow a party to restrict access to trade secrets or other confidential information that is submitted to the arbitral tribunal or to a confidentiality advisor to the tribunal.
Under the WIPO Rules, the parties agree to carry out the decision of the arbitral tribunal without delay. If crimes like fraud and forgery are committed, they are dealt with by the state courts and can appeal in the higher courts once a judgment is passed. When a felony is committed, it goes through the rigorous procedure of the trial courts where they have the jurisdiction to pass the judgment and are not arbitrable in nature.
The mechanism to deal with civil disputes in the USA is explained in the following content of the article. The law of arbitration in the United States is governed by the historic Federal Arbitration Act of FAA which extends to the whole state and federal level enacted by Congress. The following act is divided into three broad chapters where:. The FAA does not deal with the procedural aspect of arbitration nor does it define any jurisdiction on any courts; it is just a measure where the contractual obligations of a contract with respect to arbitration are defined.
It is a private international treaty which is adhered by contracting nations. The enforcement and recognition of foreign awards to be rendered depends on the admission of the arbitration agreement and arbitral award to the courts against the party who seeks to enforce the foreign award in their favour.
The scope of the convention is limited to the fact that it also fails to provide the conduct of proceeding during arbitration. Its validity is based on the subjects and clause of the arbitration agreement. The Panama Convention , was adopted by the United States for the smooth arbitral proceedings of commercial disputes. The convention tried to bring in some uniformity in the procedural aspect but the effect of the New York Convention was accepted even in cases where the resort to the Panama Convention was applicable.
This convention tends to commercial transactions and the parties can, therefore, apply for the Panama Convention if they do not mutually consent to the specific rules of arbitration. If a series of conflicts arise between the two conventions, the Panama Convention automatically advises the courts to apply the New York Convention for the enforcement of arbitral awards.
The courts keep on reverting back to the New York Convention for the applicability and enforceability of foreign awards even if the provisions in the Panama convention specify for the same to apply in a dispute a three-way test suggested by the Courts, the provisions of the FAA and New York Convention are the supreme power of this convention to render a decision on foreign awards.
To bring in a more reformable system of arbitration, the year saw the merger of the Arbitration Society of America and Arbitration Foundation which established the American Arbitration Association to promote disputes through arbitration rather than filing a suit in civil courts it is a non-profit organization which aims to provide ADR services and establishes a uniform conduct of arbitral proceedings where one can appoint an arbitrator and mediators deals with publications, a worldwide solution to dispute settlement and also a centre for education and training of the dispute resolutions.
Parties can easily insert a clause where they agree to solve their disputes by the authority of AAA. The English law does not talk in detail about the matters of arbitration in comparison to the European law. London holds the preferred seat of arbitration in most cases even if the contracting parties and the nature of the subject agreement are not in relation to England.
Objective arbitration will see whether the matter lacks jurisdiction in the arbitral courts or the invalidity of the arbitration agreement but extensive debates suggest that the act does not contain any provision that the issues covered by the agreement must all be arbitrable in order to be a valid agreement. The arbitral tribunal does not have the jurisdiction to convict a person but through the outcomings of arbitration, the ability to find the nature of the criminal offence can be interpreted from.
The case involves France and Spain where oil spills on the coast off and both the countries sought for legal redress through arbitration.
The insurers to the party wanted to render the enforcement of an arbitral award in England before the decision of the Spanish Penal Code SPC.
The contentions raised by Spain were the cases involving the attributes of crime and the tribunal cannot criminally convict the insurers under Article of the SPC as arbitral proceedings will not be able to render the suitable outcome. Singapore is the hub of settling disputes through arbitration, having expertise in the field and imparting knowledge globally. According to the International Chambers of Commerce, Singapore has been referred to as the number one seat for arbitration in Asia and among five of the seats ranked globally.
The three types of legislation that governs both domestic and international disputes are:. All disputes in Singapore are not of arbitral nature and was decided in the landmark judgment of Tomolugen Holdings Ltd v. Silica Investors Ltd. The regulatory body of arbitration SIAC Singapore International Arbitration Centre which keeps up to date with modern progressive law and constantly amend their rules for the systematic functioning of the arbitration in Singapore and ensures the confidentiality of the proceedings, the minimization in the intervention of the courts, parties are free to appoint arbitrators for their proceedings and the system is governed flexibly.
It was established to solve the commercial disputes at large which could not be sought by the ordinary courts.
The amendments in the SIAC arbitrable process are:. The amendments in the SIAC are done to provide a world-class arbitration process and the professional arbitrators who impart and set an example in the legal forefront by resolving disputes through higher resolution and a knowledge base. It responds to the development and continuously amend the foregoing provisions to strengthen this international institution. It resolves the expanding load on the courts and a dedicated team of members ensures safeguarding the rights of the parties and arbitrators by defining the relationship between the Singapore courts and the arbitration in Singapore and by interpreting the modern reform system of UNCITRAL adopted which helps in ensuring the legal validity of the international arbitration.
The industrial sector in India goes through dynamic changes and to decide the future recourse of solving the disputes becomes necessary and vital in the corporates. The provisions of Section 10A of the Industrial Disputes Act ID , mentions the clause that the employers and workmen can voluntarily agree to enter into the arbitration agreement to solve their disputes through the process of arbitration.
However, if any employee does not fall under the category of workmen, then he can, through the agreement of arbitration, can refer to the arbitral proceeding between employer and employees. A case in which the arbitrability of the matter first arose was of Kingfisher Airlines v.
The case was first instituted in the labour courts where the pilot and other ground staff members initiated the suit for the recovery of their wages and bonuses against the Kingfisher Airlines. Section 8 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, was invoked as the agreement allowed it to refer to arbitration in case of dispute but the said contention was revoked by the labour court and retained jurisdiction over the proceedings.
The airlines then moved to the Bombay High Court for the above-mentioned contention and the decision was quashed again as it was held that the specific clause of the ID Act , decides whether the said matter will refer to arbitration or not as labour courts and tribunals are more competent to solve the given matter at hand. Private arbitration can disrupt the proceeding on the grounds that the employer can influence the suit by appointing an arbitrator of his choice and the neutral aspect of the proceeding will no longer be present, the outcome will be biased.
It is advisable that in cases where employer-employee disputes arise, the case should be referred to either mediation or tribunals labour courts as the employer has a strong footing over the employee which affects the balance of the natural justice and harms the arbitral proceeding.
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