«The courts when called upon to exercise the supervisory role assigned to them under [AA 1996] are acting as a branch of the state, not as a mere extension of
the consensual arbitral process.
Not exact matches
That in itself is consistent with the
consensual nature of the
arbitral process, and provides a timely reminder that parties should always check the nature and effect of the
arbitral provision before agreeing to the same, as well as raising a proper challenge to the
process at the first opportunity.
However it has been more difficult to do this in
arbitral proceedings due to the fact that it is an entirely
consensual process, originally built to accommodate two parties per arbitration.