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Part II Arbitral Procedures to Control the Selection and Conduct of Arbitrators, Ch.5 The Challenge of Arbitrators

From: The UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules: A Commentary (2nd Edition)

David D Caron, Lee M Caplan

From: Oxford Legal Research Library (http://olrl.ouplaw.com). (c) Oxford University Press, 2023. All Rights Reserved.date: 10 December 2023

Subject(s):
Settlement of disputes — Challenge to appointment of arbitrator — UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules
The challenge is a device to maintain minimal standards of independence and impartiality in arbitrators. Challenge is an exceptional and serious mechanism. It is a process that is infrequently initiated; it may be used more today than in the past, but that conclusion is difficult to assert with confidence given the rareness of published decisions. A challenge may be lodged in response to the appointment of an arbitrator at the commencement of an arbitration or at any time throughout the arbitration when, for example, new circumstances give rise to justifiable...
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