Arbitrator Accreditation case studies
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Arbitrator Accreditation is a professional credential for dispute resolution practitioners who want formal recognition of their ability to conduct arbitrations and issue reasoned awards. Candidates typically come from legal practice, commercial advisory, construction and engineering disputes, and mediation backgrounds, and are usually seeking to move from party representation or facilitative practice into determinative decision-making. The Arbitrator Accreditation case studies are 5 cases and about 4,471 words.
1The Unilateral Extension
You chair a three-member tribunal seated in a Model Law jurisdiction. The parties' arbitration agreement incorporates institutional rules whose Article 27 provides that 'the arbitral tribunal may extend any time limit, save that the final award shall be rendered within twelve months of constitution, which period may be extended only by written agreement of the parties.' The tribunal was constituted on 3 February.
907 words, about 5 min2The Disclosed Relationship
You are the sole arbitrator in a construction dispute worth approximately 4.2 million. Before accepting appointment you signed a statement of independence disclosing that, eight years earlier, you had acted as counsel for the respondent's parent company in an unrelated financing transaction, and that you currently sit as co-arbitrator with the respondent's nominated counsel in two unrelated matters.
807 words, about 4 min3The Reasoned Award
You are the sole arbitrator in a sale-of-goods dispute. The claimant, a buyer, alleges that 12,000 units of industrial sealant failed to meet a contractual viscosity specification and claims 780,000 in consequential losses, including lost production and a penalty paid to its own customer.
1,008 words, about 5 min4The Interim Measure
You are the sole arbitrator in a distribution dispute seated in a civil-law jurisdiction whose arbitration statute is based on the UNCITRAL Model Law. The claimant distributes the respondent's products under a five-year agreement.
835 words, about 4 min5The Settlement Window
You are chairing a three-member tribunal in a dispute between two companies over a failed joint venture. The hearing has concluded and the tribunal has exchanged drafts of the award.
914 words, about 5 min