The Rules allow parties to elect to have a right of appeal to an appeal tribunal for
parties to an arbitration which the Centre administers.
Not exact matches
So, in the current labour dispute between Canada Post and CUPW, it is Canada Post that has issued a lockout notice, that will likely come into effect on Monday at 12:01 a.m.. Both Canada Post and Labour Minister MaryAnn Mihychuck are hoping that CUPW agrees
to binding
arbitration (in
which an outside arbitrator would review the dispute and arrive at decision that both
parties would be bound
to accept) before the proposed lockout deadline.
and finally resolved by
arbitration in the United States under Nevada State Law
which will be deemed
to be incorporated by reference into this clause, save for any waiver of any rights the
parties would otherwise have
to any form of appeal or recourse
to a court of law or other judicial authority,
which rights are expressly reserved.
In the event the
parties can not agree on an arbitrator within thirty (30) days of the initiating
party providing the other
party with written notice that it plans
to seek
arbitration, the
parties shall each select an arbitrator affiliated with JAMS,
which arbitrators shall jointly select a third such arbitrator
to resolve the dispute.
Incidentally,
arbitration has
to be accepted by both
parties,
which is exactly the opposite of what happened with Elliott and Argentina.
The court (ICC) in determining the case struck out the Application made
to it for
arbitration because the court has established that the 2006 contract (signed between Waterville and the Government of Ghana) on
which basis he (Woyome) is coming
to them does not meet their «minimum requirement» because he (Woyome) * is not a beneficiary, not a signatory, and not a
party to the 2006 contract signed between Waterville and the Government of Ghana....
For any matters
which are not subject
to arbitration as set forth in these Official Rules and / or in connection with the entering of any judgment on an
arbitration award in connection with these Official Rules and / or the Contest, the
parties irrevocably submit and consent
to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the state and federal courts located in or closest
to the County of New York in the State of New York.
26.1 Regardless of any statute of limitations or law
to the contrary, and
to maximum extent permitted by applicable law, any Dispute arising out of or related
to the Services or this Agreement must be filed within six (6) months after the date in
which the incident giving rise
to the Dispute occurred; provided that, if the substantive law applicable
to the
arbitration prohibits the
parties from agreeing
to this limitations period, then the limitations period under the applicable substantive law shall control.
«(a) DEFINITION - For purposes of this chapter, an alternative dispute resolution process includes any process or procedure, other than an adjudication by a presiding judge, in
which a neutral third
party participates
to assist in the resolution of issues in controversy, through processes such as early neutral evaluation, mediation, minitrial, and
arbitration as provided in sections 654 through 658.
You and Velocity Micro agree that any claim, dispute, or controversy, whether in contract, tort or otherwise, and whether pre-existing, present or future, and including statutory, common law, intentional tort and equitable claims («Dispute») against Velocity Micro, its employees, agents, successors, assigns or affiliates arising from, in connection with, or relating
to this Agreement, its interpretation, or the breach, termination, or validity thereof, the relationships
which result from this Agreement (including,
to the full extent permitted by applicable law, relationships with third
parties who are not signatories
to this Agreement), Velocity Micro's advertising or any related purchase SHALL BE RESOLVED, EXCLUSIVELY AND FINALLY, BY BINDING
ARBITRATION ADMINISTERED BY THE AMERICAN
ARBITRATION ASSOCIATION under its Code of Procedure then in effect.
In the event of any controversy, claim or dispute between the
parties arising out of or relating
to this agreement or the breach, termination, enforcement, interpretation, consionability or validity thereof, including any determination of the scope or applicability of this agreement
to arbitrate, shall be determined by
arbitration in Laramie County, Wyoming or in the county in
which the consumer resides, in accordance with the Laws of the State of Wyoming for agreements
to be made in and
to be performed in Wyoming.
Pre-dispute
arbitration clause: An agreement between the firm and either its customer or its employee
which states that the
parties to the agreement will subject future disagreements
to arbitration.
If any
arbitration or other proceeding is brought
to enforce or interpret this Agreement or matters relating
to it, the substantially prevailing
party, as determined by the arbitrator's award, will be entitled
to recover reasonable attorneys» fees and other costs and expenses incurred in such
arbitration or proceeding from the other
party, in addition
to any other relief
to which such prevailing
party is entitled; provided that in no event will the arbitrator have the authority
to award punitive damages.
«The
parties to the
arbitration agreement are enjoined from making any emergency applications concerning the management of the hotel in any forum other than the ICC or the courts of New York,» he wrote — jurisdictions in
which the matter has already been contested, including the International Chamber of Commerce.
Binding
Arbitration: ANY CLAIM, DISPUTE, OR CONTROVERSY (WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE, WHETHER PREEXISTING, PRESENT OR FUTURE, AND INCLUDING STATUTORY, COMMON LAW, INTENTIONAL TORT AND EQUITABLE CLAIMS) BETWEEN CLIENT AND Mulcoy Travel, its respective agents, employees, principals, successors, assigns, or affiliates arising from or relating
to these terms and conditions, interpretation thereof, or the breach, termination or validity thereof, the relationships
which result from the tour (including,
to the full extent permitted by applicable law, relationships with third
parties who are not
parties to these terms and conditions), Mulcoy Travel's advertising, or any related purchase SHALL BE RESOLVED EXCLUSIVELY AND FINALLY BY BINDING
ARBITRATION ADMINISTERED BY THE AMERICAN
ARBITRATION ASSOCIATION (AAA) under its Code of Procedure then in effect.
Even if
arbitration is preferred over litigation (
which is more likely in cross-border transactions), Chinese
parties may require the dispute
to be seated in China and administered by an established Chinese arbitral institution, such as the China International Economic & Trade
Arbitration Commission (CIETAC) in Beijing or Hong Kong (CIETAC - HK), or by one of the newer institutions established
to specifically handle OBOR disputes, such as the Wuhan
Arbitration Commission's OBOR
Arbitration Court.
The legislature created the status of the
parties in a process founded upon a solution
to labour relations in a wholly new and statutory framework at the centre of
which stands a new forum, the contract
arbitration tribunal.
This raises some interesting questions about an
arbitration tribunal's authority
to allow (or refuse
to allow) third
party funding and, if it is permitted, the degree
to which the tribunal should control the funder's involvement in the
arbitration.
So the case is not completely analogous
to arbitration, in
which the
parties clearly can agree
to confer jurisdiction over their dispute
to the Tribunal.
The
arbitration included a contested challenge
to jurisdiction, following
which the mine owner's parent company was removed as a
party to the
arbitration.
Courts have consistently confirmed this in relation
to article V (1)(c).837 For example, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied a
party's attempt
to raise a challenge under article V (1)(c)
to oppose an order compelling
arbitration, that is, before the arbitral proceedings had even taken place.838 The court noted that the provision could only be invoked by a
party opposing enforcement of an award,
which was not possible in circumstances where no award had been issued, and also unlikely where the
party raising the challenge was the claimant in the would - be
arbitration, and thus not the
party who would be in a position
to challenge any resulting arbitral award absent any counterclaims.839
For example, the Paris Court of Appeal rejected a challenge
to enforcement in
which a
party argued that the arbitral tribunal had disregarded the «submission
to arbitration» by refusing
to hold a third hearing following the submission of an expert report.
At the same time, an arbitral tribunal has a broad discretion regarding the question:
Which party has
to bear the costs of the
arbitration?
The secondary role of the procedural rules where the
arbitration took place was confirmed in a 1979 Report on the Convention by the United Nations Secretary General,
which stated that the «priority given
to the
parties» wishes» under article V (1)(d) «is merely limited by the public policy ground under paragraph 2 (b).»
Courts have rejected challenges under article V (1)(d) where the
parties choose institutional rules
to govern their procedure that provide for flexibility concerning the manner in
which the tribunal is
to be composed.881 On the other hand, a German court refused recognition and enforcement where an award was rendered by two, instead of three arbitrators, as expressly required by the rules of the International
Arbitration Court of the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce that the
parties had agreed would govern their
arbitration.882
That contract had an
arbitration clause contained in it,
which stated that the
parties agreed
to submit any claims between the two
to binding
arbitration, rather than handling them through the court system.
Courts have also applied article V (1)(c) in the context of multiparty
arbitrations to exclude from enforcement portions of an award
which address a
party not bound by the
arbitration agreement, but enforce the award with respect
to the remaining
parties.
Moreover, by confirming that the public policy objection can not be interpreted broadly, the Supreme Court confirmed that when
parties agree
to arbitrate their disputes, they may expect that there will be limited grounds on
which they may challenge the award and should be ready
to accept these consequences of agreeing
to arbitration.
International
arbitrations are
to be decided in accordance with the law
to which the
parties have agreed.
As one United States court observed, «[u] nder the New York Convention, we examine whether the award exceeds the scope of the [
arbitration agreement], not whether the award exceeds the scope of the
parties» pleadings».803 This interpretation of article V (1)(c)
which distinguishes the
parties» pleadings or prayers for relief from the «submission
to arbitration» referred
to in article V (1)(c), is consistent with a narrow interpretation of the grounds for refusal
to recognize or enforce an award.
This was the case in a challenge
to enforcement brought under article V (1)(c) before the Supreme People's Court of China,
which found that one of the respondents named in the award was not a
party to the
arbitration agreement.
«Matters» has broadly been defined in two ways: first, as the subject matter over
which the arbitral tribunal has jurisdiction pursuant
to the
arbitration agreement; and second, in some jurisdictions, as the personal jurisdiction over one of the
parties addressed in the award.
Where article V (1)(a) concerns the existence of a valid
arbitration agreement
which is binding on all the
parties addressed by an award, article V (1)(c) assumes the existence of a valid
arbitration agreement between the
parties and is concerned instead with whether an award has gone beyond the scope of the subject matter the
parties intended
to submit
to arbitration.
(China and the UK are both
parties to the New York Convention,
which requires courts of contracting states
to recognise and enforce
arbitration awards made in other contracting states.)
Is an
arbitration clause
which does not violate fundamental fairness rights a provision
which is so unduly onerous that steps must be taken
to draw it
to the attention of other contracting
parties?
«The basic principles by
which the Regulation allocates jurisdiction, giving priority (subject
to exceptions)
to the domicile of the defendant, are entirely unsuited
to arbitration, in
which the situs and governing law are generally chosen by the
parties on grounds of neutrality, availability of legal services and the unobtrusive effectiveness of the supervisory jurisdiction.
They expressed the view that it will normally be inexpedient
to grant interim relief in aid of an ICSID
arbitration, because the ICSID rules exclude the possibility of such relief unless the
parties have agreed otherwise and those rules form part of the
arbitration agreement
to which the court will give effect as they would any other valid agreement between the
parties to a dispute.
during the
arbitration proceedings, deliberately initiate or attempt
to initiate with any member of the tribunal or with any member of the LCIA Court any unilateral contact relating
to the
arbitration or the
parties» dispute,
which has not been disclosed in writing prior
to or shortly after the time of such contact
to all other
parties, all members of the tribunal and the registrar in accordance with the LCIA Rules 2014, Art 13.4.
Accordingly, the general guidelines provide a useful benchmark against
which all legal representatives in LCIA
arbitrations will be judged and the obligation on the
parties to obtain their lawyers» agreement
to comply should ensure that these core values are respected.
An
arbitration functions similarly
to a trial in
which the
parties present evidence, testimony and argument
to an arbitrator who will then make a final decision on the outcome of the case.
Obtaining a favorable
arbitration award that adopted a valuation of shares required
to be repurchased by our client under shareholder's agreement that was millions less than the price sought by the opposing
party,
which was affirmed by the trial court.
Although the
parties executed the document,
which was entitled «civil mediation agreement,» plaintiffs» counsel wrote
to the retired judge
to point out that although the document «refer [red]
to this proceeding as a «mediation,»» plaintiffs «believe [d] that it is properly an
arbitration proceeding for
which you will be asked
to render an award.»
It is for this reason that many international
parties choose
to seat their
arbitration in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC),
which has seen particular growth in recent years.
After the proceedings concluded, the retired judge rendered an
arbitration award,
which directed that the Association hire a contractor
to make certain repairs and advance the funds for the work subject
to reimbursement from numerous other affected lot owners who were not
parties to any of the prior proceedings.
If a forum state's courts have «general jurisdiction» over a defendant, this means that the defendant can be sued in that forum on any cause of action against that defendant arising anywhere in the world, regardless of any other relationship that the claim has
to the forum state (except for claims in the exclusive jurisdiction of the federal courts
which can be brought in a U.S. District Court located in the same state, or in an
arbitration forum pursuant
to a valid
arbitration clause that binds the
parties, an issue beyond the scope of this question and answer).
According
to TheJudge's website, «Third -
party funders view legal claims as financial assets, in
which they may invest in exchange for a return based upon the success of the funded litigation or
arbitration.
Another thorny area is that of the dispute settlement procedures included in nearly all BITs,
which allows for a private
party to bring a claim directly against a State before an
arbitration tribunal.
In my experience, insurance claims benefit from some form of ADR, and more and more policies are including clauses
which oblige the
parties to seek resolution by ADR such as
arbitration or mediation.
If you are dealing with a dispute between an individual and his / her firm, or between two warring groups within a firm, it can be hugely damaging
to rush off
to court, particularly where there is no
arbitration clause,
which would allow
parties to keep their dirty linen out of the public eye.
The Dubai International
Arbitration Centre has also confirmed that Dubai Decree No. 57 for 2009 (
which established the Tribunal) does not affect disputes where the
parties have agreed
to have the dispute determined by
arbitration although any resulting
arbitration award has
to be enforced through the Tribunal.