LCIA challenge decision, reference UN101693
LCIA · Commercial arbitration (challenge decisions) · England and Wales · 28 October 2010
Why it matters
An LCIA challenge decision. A party applied to the LCIA Court to remove an arbitrator, raising 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 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 UN101693
Outcome: Decision rendered by the LCIA Court
Applicable law: UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules; Article 11; seat of arbitration: London.
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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