Re ICC arbitrations (2011, confidential, ongoing): jurisdiction challenge founded on multi-tiered
arbitration clause providing for arbitration after a period of friendly discussions.
The arbitration clause provided that the local arbitral tribunal issuing the award only had jurisdiction over «non-technical» disputes, and any «technical» disputes were to be resolved by an international arbitral tribunal under the ICC Arbitration Rules.813
Confidential (2015): representing buyers and managers in relation to a number of significant and complex multi-million dollar shipbuilding disputes with foreign shipyard arising under
arbitration clauses providing for an expedited procedure.
Not exact matches
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Arbitration Rule Disapproval — Vote Passed (231 - 190, 12 Not Voting) The House passed the joint resolution that would
provide for congressional disapproval of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's final
arbitration rule which prohibits financial services companies that offer financial products to consumers from using
arbitration clauses to stop consumers from being part of a class action lawsuit.
Another useful
clause is one that
provides for
arbitration of disputes in place of going to court.
Finally, the court held unenforceable a
clause in the sales contract that
provided if the class action waiver was unenforceable, the entire
arbitration clause would be unenforceable.
Arbitration is an alternative to court action and quite often the commercial contracts you sign will contain
arbitration clauses which
provide for compulsory
arbitration.
The new tool
provides parties with the AAA's standard
arbitration agreement, in addition to an array of options parties may consider when drafting ADR
clauses, including specifying the number of arbitrators; arbitrator qualifications; locale -LSB-...]
In particular, González will
provide the views of a counsel on the use of this
clause in investor - State
arbitration.
(a) if the regulations made under
clause (1)(a)
provide for the continuation of the office of the director of
arbitrations appointed under section 6 as that section read immediately before being repealed by section 2 of Schedule 3 to the Fighting Fraud and Reducing Automobile Insurance Rates Act, 2014,
provide for that official to continue to be a member of the Financial Services Commission of Ontario, despite subsection 2 (2) of the Financial Services Commission of Ontario Act, 1997;
(4) Where the boundaries of a district school area are altered in accordance with
clause (2)(b) or (d), the Minister shall, by order,
provide for
arbitration of the assets and liabilities of the boards concerned.
(2) Despite subsection (1), a court proceeding or
arbitration under
clause 281 (1)(a) or (b) of the Act may be commenced within 90 days after the mediator reports to the parties under subsection 280 (8) of the Act or within 30 days after the person performing the evaluation
provides a report to the parties under section 280.1 of the Act, whichever is later.
It is advisable for parties who have agreed on including an
arbitration clause in their contract to
provide at least some detail as to how an arbitrator will be selected and the procedures and timelines to be used in the
arbitration process.
Also, any TOS whether it has an
arbitration clause or
provides for resolution in court, should have a choice of law and choice of forum provision which will often be honored even if a full fledged
arbitration clause is not.
The
Arbitration Act itself specifically
provides that Courts are not to interfere in disputes covered by an
arbitration agreement other than for the limited purposes of assisting in the conduct of
arbitrations, ensuring that they are conducted in accordance with
arbitration clauses, to prevent unequal or unfair treatment of parties to
arbitration clauses, and to enforce
arbitration awards.
Although the tool is designed for US domestic
arbitration, it
provides a useful checklist of additional
clauses that may be used in any
arbitration agreement.
An
arbitration clause in a commercial contract
provides insurance that disputes will be resolved out of court.
A model
clause for use in contracts or other legal instruments by parties, which intend to
provide for
arbitration of existing or future disputes under the BVI IAC
Arbitration Rules is set forth in Annex A to these Rules.
The Court found that, in Ontario, the legislature chose to
provide the court with the discretion to separate disputes subject to an
arbitration clause from other matters in the litigation under section 7 (5).
Recent important decision by Teare J as to the enforceability of a multi-tiered
clause providing for mandatory friendly discussions before invoking
arbitration: [2014] EWHC 2014 (Comm).
Our regular readers will remember our previous posts in this series where we
provided an introduction to
arbitration clauses and highlighted some of the major enforceability issues.
A typical dispute resolution
clause can
provide in some detail for, amongst other things, conditions precedent under which parties have to negotiate in good faith first before commencing
arbitration
The new Ontario statute
provides a practical foundation for the automated formation and enforcement of smart
arbitration clauses.
Many of these recent agreements include dispute resolution provisions which continue to
provide for «ad hoc»
arbitration, albeit with
clauses which are more sophisticated than the standard short form articles found in the bulk of the BITs negotiated in the global surge in the mid-1990s.