The Arbitration Act 1996 (AA 1996) provides the courts with various powers to support
arbitral proceedings seated in England or elsewhere, whether it be a case of «urgency» under section 44 (3) or in non-urgent cases under section 44 (4).
Not exact matches
The choice of
seat in an arbitration agreement determines the supervisory framework which underpins the
arbitral proceedings.
National laws of the
seat of the arbitration may provide that the court is entitled to order consolidation of connected
arbitral proceedings for example via the Arbitration Act in the Netherlands; the California Code of Civil Procedure and Canadian Provincial laws.
The section on conduct and procedure of an arbitration where the
seat is in Nigeria includes matters such as: the appointment and challenge of arbitrators; jurisdiction of the
arbitral tribunal; interim measures; procedure and evidence; default powers of the tribunal; and multiparty
proceedings.
It is much apparent that the disparate stands taken by both parties qua the
seat of arbitration has resulted in a veritable impasse in the
arbitral proceedings in the present case.