So, Now You Are an Arbitrator: The Arbitrator’s Toolkit

About this book:

So, Now You Are an Arbitrator is a practical book elucidating the importance of getting the procedure right in arbitration. It commences with the first-ever request to be an arbitrator and walks the reader through all the stages of an arbitration. It identifies some of the shortcomings and contains useful checklists. It advises on how to deal with conflicts, conduct hearings, deal with document requests, deal with experts, deal with challenges, agree on fees, draft procedural orders and awards, and how to not take on too much.

What’s in this book:

Authored by two experienced and eminent international arbitrators, the book delivers invaluable guidance on the following details of the arbitral process:

• terms of appointment;
• appointment of a tribunal secretary;
• steps to be taken before Procedural Order No. 1;
• written submissions;
• witnesses;
• third-party funding and contingency issues;
• keeping track of the money;
• interim measures; and
• expedited proceedings and early determination.

This book furnishes links to important documents, and nineteen appendices comprise model forms for documents, agendas, orders, declarations, schedules, and protocols.

How this will help you:

Offering an authentic treasure trove of priceless suggestions and hints which would only be known to arbitrators of many years’ standing, this highly pragmatic book will immensely augment the ability of both new and experienced arbitrators to obviate problems. It will interest counsel appearing in arbitrations who may benefit from seeing things from the tribunal’s point of view.

As this book will evolve into a ‘living’ book on the Kluwer website, the authors will continue to keep abreast with developments in the field of international arbitration.