Emergency arbitrators and expedited tribunals

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14 3月 2017 Insight Global

Article - By James Doe, Partner and Robin Wood, Associate

The unavailability of emergency relief has often been cited in the past as a drawback of arbitration. James Doe and Robin Wood of Herbert Smith Freehills report that emergency provisions are now available and working well.

KEY POINTS

Critics of arbitration have pointed to the unavailability of emergency relief
Arbitral institutions have begun to introduce provisions for emergency arbitration or expedited formation of a tribunal to address these perceived concerns
The ICC and LCIA have adopted similar emergency arbitration provisions, although the LCIA also offers the option of expedited formation of the tribunal
Such forms of dispute resolution can provide rapid relief on an interim basis but the test applied for entry is likely to be strict and some types of relief are not available
The authors have recently represented a client in an ICC emergency arbitration concerning a construction project and were generally impressed with the process

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This article was first published in Construction Law, March 2017.

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Partner and Joint Global Head of Construction & Infrastructure Disputes, London

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