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AMCA Arbitration Rules: practitioner overview of electronic communications and remote hearings, tribunal constitution, expedited procedure, third‑party funding disclosure, consolidation, costs and reimbursements, ex parte limits, and termination powers

Published on: 14 February 2024

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The Arbitration Rules are available here.

Electronic communications and virtual hearings

The Rules prioritise electronic correspondence: both the Request for Arbitration and the Answer must be filed electronically, or if that cannot be done, in paper form. Where practicable, electronic filing is the default position, with paper serving as a contingency measure. Notices and communications may, inter alia, be sent by email or by any other telecommunications method, as appropriate to the circumstances at hand. Hard-copy pleadings are required only where a party expressly asks for service by delivery against receipt, registered post or courier (Articles 4(1), 5(5) and 6(6)). To promote swift and efficient proceedings, the Rules also allow for remote hearings (Article 30). After consulting the parties and considering the pertinent facts and circumstances, the arbitral tribunal may determine that any hearing be held remotely via video conference, telephone, or another suitable means of communication as circumstances require.

Constitution of arbitral tribunal

Under the Rules, disputes are to be resolved by a sole arbitrator or by a panel of three arbitrators. If the parties have not agreed the number of arbitrators, the matter shall be determined by a sole arbitrator, save where, owing to the complexity of the...

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