LCIA challenge decision, reference 8116011
LCIA · Commercial arbitration (challenge decisions) · England and Wales · 18 JULY 2018
Why it matters
An LCIA challenge decision. A party applied to the LCIA Court to remove an arbitrator, raising a failure to act fairly and impartially and justifiable doubts about the arbitrator's independence or impartiality. The Court rejected the challenge and the arbitrator remained in place. For a student, these decisions are a rare public window into how a leading institution polices the impartiality of its own arbitrators under the LCIA Rules and the Arbitration Act 1996. They are anonymised, so the parties and the arbitrator are not named; the reasoning is what matters.
Summary
An LCIA challenge decision. A party applied to the LCIA Court to remove an arbitrator, raising a failure to act fairly and impartially and justifiable doubts about the arbitrator's independence or impartiality. The Court rejected the challenge and the arbitrator remained in place. For a student, these decisions are a rare public window into how a leading institution polices the impartiality of its own arbitrators under the LCIA Rules and the Arbitration Act 1996. They are anonymised, so the parties and the arbitrator are not named; the reasoning is what matters.
The detail
Parties: Anonymised (LCIA published challenge decision)
Case number: LCIA Reference 8116011
Outcome: Rejected
Applicable law: UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules; Articles 10.1; seat of arbitration: London, England.
Issues in play: An arbitrator's right to remain appointed against a party's right to a tribunal free of justifiable doubt as to independence or impartiality.
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