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The proposed bill (available on the Ministry of Law,\r\nPakistan, website www.molaw, gov.pk) proposes to bring under \u003c/span\u003eone roof\r\nthe major arbitration related laws that are presently in \u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027letter-spacing:.8pt\u0027\u003eforce in Pakistan including the law on arbitration,\r\nthe \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:.3pt\u0027\u003eConvention on the Recognition and\r\nEnforcement of Foreign \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:.65pt\u0027\u003eArbitral\r\nAwards and the Washington Convention on the \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:\r\n.1pt\u0027\u003eSettlement of Investment Disputes, 1965. 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The Draft Arbitration Bill\r\nhas apparently \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:-.1pt\u0027\u003ebeen based on the\r\nUnited Nations\u0027 Commission on International \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:\r\n.85pt\u0027\u003eTrade Law\u0027s (\u0026quot;UNCITRAL\u0026quot;) Model Law on International \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027letter-spacing:.2pt\u0027\u003eCommercial Arbitration and Conciliation, as adopted\r\nin 1985 \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:.65pt\u0027\u003eand 2002 respectively, as\r\nwell as Model Arbitration and \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:.05pt\u0027\u003eConciliation\r\nRules, as adopted in 1976 and 1980 respectively. \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:\r\n.1pt\u0027\u003eHowever, a reconnaissance of the Draft Arbitration Bill reveals \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027letter-spacing:.95pt\u0027\u003ethat it is largely based on the Indian Arbitration\r\nand \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:.05pt\u0027\u003eConciliation Act, 1999, with the\r\nexception of provisions dealing \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:-.1pt\u0027\u003ewith\r\nthe ICSID Convention and the Arbitration and Conciliation \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027letter-spacing:.15pt\u0027\u003eCenter. Further, various changes were made to the\r\nModel Law on International Commercial Arbitration by the UNCITRAL in \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027letter-spacing:.2pt\u0027\u003e2006, however, Draft Arbitration Bill disregards\r\nthe adopted \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:.25pt\u0027\u003echanges. The changes were\r\nadopted by the UNCITRAL at its \u003c/span\u003ethirty-ninth session in 2006.\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:\r\njustify;line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;\r\ntext-autospace:none\u0027\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\r\nletter-spacing:.3pt\u0027\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:\r\njustify;line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;\r\ntext-autospace:none\u0027\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\r\nletter-spacing:.3pt\u0027\u003eThe following observations/suggestions vis-a-vis the \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"\u0027\u003eDraft Arbitration Bill\r\nare worth-considering:\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:\r\njustify;line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;\r\ntext-autospace:none\u0027\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"\u0027\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:\r\njustify;line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;\r\ntext-autospace:none\u0027\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"\u0027\u003eSection\r\n2(1) (i) of the Draft Arbitration Bill provides the \u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:\r\n.15pt\u0027\u003edefinition of \u0026quot;international commercial arbitration\u0026quot;. The said\r\n\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:.85pt\u0027\u003edefinition provides in relevant part\r\nthat international \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:.35pt\u0027\u003ecommercial\r\narbitration includes an arbitration relating to \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:\r\n-.05pt\u0027\u003ecertain disputes [Emphasis added]. The use of the term \u0027certain\u0027 \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027letter-spacing:.3pt\u0027\u003egives an impression of restricting the scope of\r\ndisputes that \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:-.1pt\u0027\u003emay be subject of an\r\ninternational commercial arbitration. This \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:\r\n.45pt\u0027\u003ecoupled with the qualification that only those commercial \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027letter-spacing:.2pt\u0027\u003edisputes shall be resolved through international\r\ncommercial \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:.15pt\u0027\u003earbitration which are\r\nconsidered as commercial under the law \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:.2pt\u0027\u003ein\r\nforce in Pakistan will further restrict the scope of disputes \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027letter-spacing:.75pt\u0027\u003ethat can be resolved through international\r\ncommercial \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:.55pt\u0027\u003earbitration\u003csup\u003e1\u003c/sup\u003e.\r\nIt is suggested that the term \u0027certain\u0027 in the \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:\r\n.05pt\u0027\u003edefinition in section 2(1) (i) should either be deleted or it should \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027letter-spacing:.1pt\u0027\u003ebe replaced with some other appropriate word such\r\nas \u0027any\u0027. It \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:-.15pt\u0027\u003emay be noted that the\r\ncomparative section 2(1) (1)\u0027 in the Indian \u003c/span\u003eArbitration and Conciliation\r\nAct, 1996 (hereinafter \u0026quot;Indian Act\u0026quot;) \u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:\r\n.35pt\u0027\u003edoes not include the word \u0027certain\u0027 while defining the term \u003c/span\u003e\u0026quot;international\r\ncommercial arbitration\u0026quot;.\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:.2pt\u0027\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:\r\njustify;line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;\r\ntext-autospace:none\u0027\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\r\nletter-spacing:.75pt\u0027\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:\r\njustify;line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;\r\ntext-autospace:none\u0027\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\r\nletter-spacing:.75pt\u0027\u003eSection 2(1) (k) defines the term \u0027party\u0027. There is \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";letter-spacing:.3pt\u0027\u003eabundant\r\ncase-law in arbitration practice worldwide which hovers around the issue\r\nwhether a person is a party to the \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;\r\nfont-family:\"Times New Roman\"\u0027\u003earbitration agreement or not. The issue\r\nfrequently comes up in \u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:.35pt\u0027\u003ecases where\r\narbitration agreement has been signed by, for \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:\r\n.15pt\u0027\u003einstance, a parent company, whereas, the performance under \u003c/span\u003ethe\r\ncontract has to be carried out by one of its subsidiary or a \u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027letter-spacing:.15pt\u0027\u003especial purpose vehicle. In case a claim is\r\nbrought against a \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:.3pt\u0027\u003esubsidiary company\r\nin arbitration, the issue whether such subsidiary company is a party to the\r\narbitration agreement \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:.25pt\u0027\u003esprings up\r\nbefore the Tribunal. The case-law has laid down \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:\r\n.1pt\u0027\u003evarious doctrines such as incorporation by reference, alter ego \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027letter-spacing:.05pt\u0027\u003eetc. to answer the question whether a person is a\r\nparty to the \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:.4pt\u0027\u003earbitration agreement, or\r\nnot. It has been observed that by \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:-.05pt\u0027\u003eproviding\r\nthe definition of the term \u0027party\u0027 in section 2(1) (k), the \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027letter-spacing:-.1pt\u0027\u003escope of the, persons that may bring or\r\nparticipate in arbitration \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:.2pt\u0027\u003eproceeding\r\nwill be considerably curtailed as according to the said definition only party\r\nto an arbitration agreement comes \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:.5pt\u0027\u003e_within\r\nthe purview of the Arbitration Bill. It is therefore \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027letter-spacing:.15pt\u0027\u003esuggested that the definition of the term \u0027party\u0027\r\nmay either be \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:.25pt\u0027\u003eomitted or rephrased to\r\ninclude the successors/assignees/ \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:.75pt\u0027\u003enominees\r\nof a person who is a party to the arbitration \u003c/span\u003eagreement.\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027letter-spacing:.15pt\u0027\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:\r\njustify;line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;\r\ntext-autospace:none\u0027\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\r\nletter-spacing:1.55pt\u0027\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:\r\njustify;line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;\r\ntext-autospace:none\u0027\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\r\nletter-spacing:1.55pt\u0027\u003eSection 3 deals with the service of written \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";letter-spacing:.65pt\u0027\u003ecommunications.\r\nIt has been observed that section 3 is \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;\r\nfont-family:\"Times New Roman\";letter-spacing:.25pt\u0027\u003esomewhat oblique when it\r\ncomes to service of notice upon a \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;\r\nfont-family:\"Times New Roman\"\u0027\u003ebody corporate/company. Even if it is assumed\r\nfor the sake of argument that the term \u0027place of business\u0027 can cater to the\r\ncircumstances where service is to be effected on a body \u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:\r\n.25pt\u0027\u003ecorporate/company, it is unclear whether the term \u0027place of \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027letter-spacing:.05pt\u0027\u003ebusiness\u0027 would refer to the registered address of\r\na company or \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:-.1pt\u0027\u003ethe address of its place\r\nof business. It may be noted that proper \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:\r\n.1pt\u0027\u003eservice of a notice/written communication is considered as one \u003c/span\u003eof\r\nthe fundamental principles of procedural fairness. Improper \u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027letter-spacing:.25pt\u0027\u003eservice has far reaching consequences including\r\nthe setting \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:.4pt\u0027\u003easide of an award. It is\r\ntherefore suggested that section 3 \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:.35pt\u0027\u003eshould\r\nbe rephrased to include a specific provision for the \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027letter-spacing:.25pt\u0027\u003eservice of notice on a body corporate/company.\r\nReference in \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:.35pt\u0027\u003ethis regard may kindly\r\nbe made to section 76(4) (b)\u003csup\u003e2\u003c/sup\u003e of the \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:\r\n.2pt\u0027\u003eEnglish Arbitration Act, 1996 (hereinafter \u0026quot;English Act\u0026quot;) that \u003c/span\u003edeals\r\nwith the service of notice on a body corporate.\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:\r\njustify;line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;\r\ntext-autospace:none\u0027\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\r\nletter-spacing:.1pt\u0027\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:\r\njustify;line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;\r\ntext-autospace:none\u0027\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\r\nletter-spacing:.1pt\u0027\u003eSection 4 deals with the waiver of the right to object to \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";letter-spacing:.2pt\u0027\u003eany\r\nomission by the other party. Waiver under section 4 will \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";letter-spacing:.55pt\u0027\u003ecome\r\ninto operation where a party who knows [Emphasis \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:\r\n12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";letter-spacing:.05pt\u0027\u003eadded] of the\r\nomission as provided therein proceeds with\u003csup\u003e-\u003c/sup\u003e the arbitration without\r\nstating his objections. By corollary, a party \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:\r\n12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";letter-spacing:.25pt\u0027\u003ewho does not know\r\nwould not be deemed to have waived his \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;\r\nfont-family:\"Times New Roman\";letter-spacing:.1pt\u0027\u003eright to object. Knowledge\r\nof a person refers to his subjective intention that cannot be judged by someone\r\nelse. By providing the standard of knowledge, section 4 will give the\r\nrecalcitrant \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\r\nletter-spacing:.05pt\u0027\u003eparty an opportunity to delay or even frustrate the\r\narbitration \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\r\nletter-spacing:.6pt\u0027\u003eproceedings by arguing that he had no knowledge of the \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";letter-spacing:.1pt\u0027\u003eomission.\r\nIt is suggested that the words \u0027who knows\u0027 in section \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"\u0027\u003e4 should be deleted.\r\nReference can be made to the language of \u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:-.05pt\u0027\u003esection\r\n73 (1)\u003csup\u003e3\u003c/sup\u003e of the English Act.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:.1pt\u0027\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:\r\njustify;line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;\r\ntext-autospace:none\u0027\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\r\nletter-spacing:.1pt\u0027\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:\r\njustify;line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;\r\ntext-autospace:none\u0027\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\r\nletter-spacing:.1pt\u0027\u003eIt may kindly be noted that section 7 of the UNCITRAL \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";letter-spacing:.05pt\u0027\u003eModel\r\nLaw 1985 has been amended by UNCITRAL. The changes \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";letter-spacing:.2pt\u0027\u003eto\r\nUNCITRAL Model Law have been adopted by the UNCITRAL \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";letter-spacing:.7pt\u0027\u003eat\r\nits thirty-ninth session in 2006. It is suggested that \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";letter-spacing:.8pt\u0027\u003esection\r\n7 in the Arbitration Bill should be amended to \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:\r\n12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";letter-spacing:-.05pt\u0027\u003ebring it at par with\r\nthe revised section 7 of the UNCITRAL Model \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;\r\nfont-family:\"Times New Roman\"\u0027\u003eLaw.\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:\r\njustify;line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;\r\ntext-autospace:none\u0027\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\r\nletter-spacing:.55pt\u0027\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:\r\njustify;line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;\r\ntext-autospace:none\u0027\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\r\nletter-spacing:.55pt\u0027\u003eOne of the striking subsections in section 7 is the \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";letter-spacing:.6pt\u0027\u003edeeming\r\nsubsection (5), which by its terms incorporates \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:\r\n12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";letter-spacing:-.05pt\u0027\u003earbitration\r\nagreement in every commercial contract. It is a novel \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"\u0027\u003ething that is not\r\npresent in any legal system in the world. This \u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:\r\n.75pt\u0027\u003esubsection per se will be unable to withstand the legal \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027letter-spacing:.3pt\u0027\u003echallenge as it is contrary to whole concept and\r\nideology of \u003c/span\u003earbitration. Arbitration is a consensual process that comes\r\ninto \u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:.65pt\u0027\u003eplay with the agreement of the parties.\r\nThere can be no \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:.2pt\u0027\u003earbitration when there\r\nis no agreement between the parties. \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:.1pt\u0027\u003eSubsection\r\n(5) is inimical to this basis consensual ideology of \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027letter-spacing:.55pt\u0027\u003earbitration. It is suggested that subsection (5)\r\nshould be \u003c/span\u003eomitted altogether.\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:\r\njustify;line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;\r\ntext-autospace:none\u0027\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\r\nletter-spacing:.05pt\u0027\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:\r\njustify;line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;\r\ntext-autospace:none\u0027\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\r\nletter-spacing:.05pt\u0027\u003eSection 8 deals with the power of the court to refer the\r\nparties to arbitration where the matter in issue before the court \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";letter-spacing:.4pt\u0027\u003eis\r\nsubject to an arbitration agreement between the parties. \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";letter-spacing:1.1pt\u0027\u003eThe\r\nfollowing observations vis-a-vis section 8 merit \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:\r\n12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"\u0027\u003econsideration:\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:\r\njustify;line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;\r\ntext-autospace:none\u0027\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\r\nletter-spacing:.5pt\u0027\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;\r\nmargin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;\r\nline-height:normal;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:\r\nnone\u0027\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:\r\nSymbol;letter-spacing:.5pt\u0027\u003e \u003cspan style=\u0027mso-tab-count:1\u0027\u003e   \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";letter-spacing:.5pt\u0027\u003eSection\r\n8 proceeds on the assumption that there are \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;\r\nfont-family:\"Times New Roman\";letter-spacing:.1pt\u0027\u003eonly two parties to the\r\ndispute before the court. Section \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;\r\nfont-family:\"Times New Roman\";letter-spacing:.45pt\u0027\u003e8 is silent as to the\r\nsituation where a plaintiff has \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;\r\nfont-family:\"Times New Roman\";letter-spacing:-.15pt\u0027\u003ebrought an action against\r\nmore than one defendant, and \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\r\n\"Times New Roman\";letter-spacing:.15pt\u0027\u003ethere is an arbitration agreement between\r\nthe plaintiff \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\r\nletter-spacing:.05pt\u0027\u003eand only one defendant. The law is silent as to whether \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";letter-spacing:.7pt\u0027\u003esuit\r\nwill continue to the extent of the rest of the \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:\r\n12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";letter-spacing:.2pt\u0027\u003edefendants. Section\r\n8(7) cannot be a solution to this \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;\r\nfont-family:\"Times New Roman\";letter-spacing:-.15pt\u0027\u003eargument as section 8(7)\r\ncaters to a situation where the \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;\r\nfont-family:\"Times New Roman\"\u0027\u003eparties to the suit had no prior agreement\r\nbetween them \u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:-.15pt\u0027\u003eto refer their future disputes\r\nto arbitration but they had \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:.8pt\u0027\u003ereached an\r\nagreement during the course of suit \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:.2pt\u0027\u003eproceedings.\r\nIt is suggested that section 8 should be \u003c/span\u003eappropriately rephrased to\r\ncater to this situation.\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;\r\nmargin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;\r\nmso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none\u0027\u003e\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"\u0027\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;\r\nmargin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;\r\nline-height:normal;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:\r\nnone\u0027\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:\r\nSymbol;letter-spacing:.4pt\u0027\u003e \u003cspan style=\u0027mso-tab-count:1\u0027\u003e   \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";letter-spacing:.4pt\u0027\u003eThe\r\noperation of section 8(2) in certain circumstances \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";letter-spacing:.55pt\u0027\u003ecan\r\ncause hardship to a party that is seeking the \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:\r\n12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"\u0027\u003ereferral of the dispute to arbitration.\r\nThe circumstances \u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:.55pt\u0027\u003emay include the situation\r\nwhere the party seeking \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:.15pt\u0027\u003ereferral is\r\nnot in possession of the original agreement \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:\r\n.2pt\u0027\u003ewhich may be in the possession of the other party. In \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027letter-spacing:.1pt\u0027\u003esuch a situation, it would not be possible for that\r\nparty to certify any copy of the arbitration agreement. Even \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027letter-spacing:.15pt\u0027\u003eotherwise, section 8(2) is oblique to the extent\r\nthat it \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:.2pt\u0027\u003eprovides for reliance on a\r\ncertified copy but does not \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:.35pt\u0027\u003especify\r\nthe person/authority that has to certify the agreement. Whether certification\r\nby the party itself \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:.9pt\u0027\u003ewould suffice? It\r\nis suggested that section 8(2) \u003c/span\u003eshould be rephrased so as to state that\r\nthe application \u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:.5pt\u0027\u003eshould be accompanied by the\r\noriginal arbitration \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:.1pt\u0027\u003eagreement or a\r\ncertified copy thereof, or the reason for \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:\r\n-.05pt\u0027\u003ethe omission in the absence of such original or certified \u003c/span\u003ecopy.\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;\r\nmargin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none;\r\nmso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none\u0027\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;\r\nfont-family:\"Times New Roman\";letter-spacing:.05pt\u0027\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;\r\nmargin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;\r\nline-height:normal;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:\r\nnone\u0027\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:\r\nSymbol;letter-spacing:.05pt\u0027\u003e \u003cspan style=\u0027mso-tab-count:1\u0027\u003e    \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";letter-spacing:.05pt\u0027\u003eSection\r\n8(7) can lead to a possible whirlpool of issues \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:\r\n12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";letter-spacing:-.1pt\u0027\u003ebefore a court. This\r\ncan be enumerated by an example: a \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;\r\nfont-family:\"Times New Roman\";letter-spacing:.55pt\u0027\u003esuit has been instituted by\r\nan employer against a \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\r\nletter-spacing:-.05pt\u0027\u003econtractor, sub-contractor and the supplier. It is in\r\nthe \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\r\nletter-spacing:.05pt\u0027\u003einterest of the parties that the matter between them is \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";letter-spacing:.1pt\u0027\u003eresolved\r\nbefore a single forum. The sub-contractor and \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:\r\n12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";letter-spacing:.2pt\u0027\u003ethe supplier have a\r\ndispute which is remotely related \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;\r\nfont-family:\"Times New Roman\";letter-spacing:.45pt\u0027\u003ewith the overall dispute\r\nbetween the employer, the \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\r\n\"Times New Roman\";letter-spacing:.1pt\u0027\u003econtractor, sub-contractor and the\r\nsupplier but it is in \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\r\nletter-spacing:.3pt\u0027\u003ethe interest of the parties that it should be resolved \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";letter-spacing:.4pt\u0027\u003ealong\r\nwith the overall dispute between the parties. \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:\r\n12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";letter-spacing:.25pt\u0027\u003eHowever, the\r\nsub-contractor and the supplier resolve \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;\r\nfont-family:\"Times New Roman\";letter-spacing:-.05pt\u0027\u003ethe settle that dispute\r\nthrough arbitration. They apply to the court for referral of their dispute to\r\narbitration. The employer (plaintiff) opposes the application. If the court \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";letter-spacing:.35pt\u0027\u003eaccepts\r\nthe application, the sub-contractor and the \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;\r\nfont-family:\"Times New Roman\";letter-spacing:.9pt\u0027\u003esupplier will no longer\r\nparticipate in the court \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\r\nletter-spacing:-.15pt\u0027\u003eproceedings, which will put the employer (plaintiff) in\r\nan \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\r\nletter-spacing:.15pt\u0027\u003eawkward position who wanted the dispute between all \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";letter-spacing:.5pt\u0027\u003ethe\r\nparties to be settled in one set of proceedings. \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:\r\n12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";letter-spacing:-.15pt\u0027\u003eSection 8(7) can\r\nfurther complicate the situation where a \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;\r\nfont-family:\"Times New Roman\";letter-spacing:.05pt\u0027\u003eparty has raised a dispute\r\nwhich it wants to be resolved \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\r\n\"Times New Roman\";letter-spacing:-.1pt\u0027\u003eby the court. That particular dispute\r\nhas also been raised \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\r\nletter-spacing:.3pt\u0027\u003eby certain other parties. Those certain other parties \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";letter-spacing:.45pt\u0027\u003edecide\r\nfor the referral of that particular dispute to \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:\r\n12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";letter-spacing:-.1pt\u0027\u003earbitration but not\r\nthe first party. If the court refers the \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;\r\nfont-family:\"Times New Roman\";letter-spacing:-.05pt\u0027\u003edispute to arbitration, it\r\nwould be contrary to the consent \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;\r\nfont-family:\"Times New Roman\";letter-spacing:-.15pt\u0027\u003eof the first party that is\r\ninimical to the basic consensual \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;\r\nfont-family:\"Times New Roman\";letter-spacing:-.2pt\u0027\u003eideology of arbitration.\r\nTherefore, reference to arbitration \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;\r\nfont-family:\"Times New Roman\";letter-spacing:.2pt\u0027\u003eduring court proceedings is\r\nbest suited where all the \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\r\n\"Times New Roman\"\u0027\u003eparties agree for the referral of the dispute to\r\narbitration.\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:\r\njustify;line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;\r\ntext-autospace:none\u0027\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\r\nletter-spacing:.1pt\u0027\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:\r\njustify;line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;\r\ntext-autospace:none\u0027\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\r\nletter-spacing:.1pt\u0027\u003eIn view of the foregoing, it is observed that section 8(7)\r\n\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"\u0027\u003ewill be\r\nunable to withstand legal challenge. Hence, it is \u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:\r\n.35pt\u0027\u003esuggested that section 8(7) should be omitted in its \u003c/span\u003eentirety.\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:\r\njustify;line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;\r\ntext-autospace:none\u0027\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"\u0027\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:\r\njustify;line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;\r\ntext-autospace:none\u0027\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"\u0027\u003eSection\r\n10 deals with the number of arbitrators. It has \u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:\r\n.2pt\u0027\u003ebeen observed that the said section is silent as regards the \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027letter-spacing:.05pt\u0027\u003econsequences of an agreement between the parties\r\nto appoint \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:-.15pt\u0027\u003eeven number of\r\narbitrators. Whether arbitration agreement will \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:\r\n-.05pt\u0027\u003ebecome invalid or unenforceable on account of provision for an \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027letter-spacing:.1pt\u0027\u003eeven number of arbitrators? It may be noted that\r\nthe policy of \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:.5pt\u0027\u003elaw is to uphold arbitration\r\nin such circumstances. it is \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:.05pt\u0027\u003esuggested\r\nthat section 10 should be rephrased and a further \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027letter-spacing:.6pt\u0027\u003eproviso be added to its subsection (1) to the\r\neffect that \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:1.15pt\u0027\u003ewhether parties have\r\nagreed on an even number of \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:.1pt\u0027\u003earbitrators,\r\nsuch even number of arbitrators shall appoint a presiding arbitrator in\r\naccordance with the provisions of this \u003c/span\u003ePart. Reference may be made to\r\nsection 15(2)4\u003csup\u003e4\u003c/sup\u003e of the English Act.\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:\r\njustify;line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;\r\ntext-autospace:none\u0027\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"\u0027\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:\r\njustify;line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;\r\ntext-autospace:none\u0027\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"\u0027\u003eSection\r\n11 deals with the procedure for the appointment \u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:\r\n.1pt\u0027\u003eof arbitrator(s). Section 11 proceeds on the premise that there \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027letter-spacing:.05pt\u0027\u003eare only two parties to arbitration. Presently the\r\nfrequency of \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:.15pt\u0027\u003econtracts involving more\r\nthan two parties is increasing with \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:.2pt\u0027\u003eevery\r\npassing day e.g. syndicated finance agreement. It has \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027letter-spacing:.15pt\u0027\u003ebeen observed that section 11 is insufficient as\r\nregards the \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:.05pt\u0027\u003eprotection of the freedom\r\nof the parties to choose an arbitrator \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:.15pt\u0027\u003eof\r\ntheir choice in a situation where there are more than two \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027letter-spacing:-.1pt\u0027\u003eparties. For instance, a claimant, who has\r\ninitiated arbitration \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:.1pt\u0027\u003eagainst more\r\nthan one respondent, may have the arbitrator of \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:\r\n.45pt\u0027\u003ehis choice. The respondents may not have the identity of \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027letter-spacing:.1pt\u0027\u003einterest and one of the respondents wants his\r\narbitrator to be \u003c/span\u003eon panel, whereas, the other respondent wants his\r\narbitrator to \u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:.1pt\u0027\u003ebe on the panel. This controversy\r\nhas been subject of the \u003c/span\u003efamous Dutco Cases in France, where, the award\r\nwas set aside \u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:.1pt\u0027\u003eby the Court de cassation in\r\nthe situation as described herein.\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:\r\njustify;line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;\r\ntext-autospace:none\u0027\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\r\nletter-spacing:-.2pt\u0027\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:\r\njustify;line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;\r\ntext-autospace:none\u0027\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\r\nletter-spacing:-.2pt\u0027\u003eAccordingly, it is suggested that an express provision\r\nshould be \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\r\nletter-spacing:.05pt\u0027\u003eincluded that provides for a solution in a situation\r\nwhere there \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"\u0027\u003eare\r\nmore than two parties in an arbitration.\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:\r\njustify;line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;\r\ntext-autospace:none\u0027\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\r\nletter-spacing:-.15pt\u0027\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:\r\njustify;line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;\r\ntext-autospace:none\u0027\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\r\nletter-spacing:-.15pt\u0027\u003eSection 17 deals with the power of an arbitral tribunal\r\nto grant interim measures. It may be noted that revised UNCITRAL \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";letter-spacing:.05pt\u0027\u003eModel\r\nLaw provides a complete new Chapter IV-A which deals \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";letter-spacing:.1pt\u0027\u003ewith\r\nthe grant interim measures of protection. It is suggested \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";letter-spacing:.05pt\u0027\u003ethat\r\nsection 17 in the Arbitration Bill should  be replaced with \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";letter-spacing:.2pt\u0027\u003ethe\r\nnew Chapter IV-A as provided in the revised UNCITRAL \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"\u0027\u003eModel Law.\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:\r\njustify;line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;\r\ntext-autospace:none\u0027\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\r\nletter-spacing:.45pt\u0027\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:\r\njustify;line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;\r\ntext-autospace:none\u0027\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\r\nletter-spacing:.45pt\u0027\u003eSection 25 deals with the default by a party to the \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";letter-spacing:.05pt\u0027\u003earbitration\r\nproceedings. Section 25(a) is silent as regards the \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";letter-spacing:.35pt\u0027\u003eissues\r\nsuch as whether the termination of proceedings on \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";letter-spacing:.05pt\u0027\u003eaccount\r\nof default on the part of the claimant would constitute res judicata as between\r\nthe parties and despite default on the \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;\r\nfont-family:\"Times New Roman\";letter-spacing:-.05pt\u0027\u003epart of the claimant the\r\nrespondent wants to proceed with the \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;\r\nfont-family:\"Times New Roman\";letter-spacing:.1pt\u0027\u003earbitration to have a\r\nresolution of the dispute. It is suggested that section 25(a) should be\r\nappropriately rephrased so as to \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;\r\nfont-family:\"Times New Roman\"\u0027\u003ecater to the afore-referred issues.\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:\r\njustify;line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;\r\ntext-autospace:none\u0027\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\r\nletter-spacing:.5pt\u0027\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:\r\njustify;line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;\r\ntext-autospace:none\u0027\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\r\nletter-spacing:.5pt\u0027\u003eSection 31 deals with the form and contents of an \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";letter-spacing:.25pt\u0027\u003eaward.\r\nIt has been observed that subsections (6) and (7) of \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";letter-spacing:.2pt\u0027\u003esection\r\n31 provides for the grant of interest. It may be noted \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";letter-spacing:.15pt\u0027\u003ethat\r\ncharging of interest is prohibited in accordance with the \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";letter-spacing:.1pt\u0027\u003elaws\r\nof Pakistan. Accordingly, an award granting interest on \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";letter-spacing:-.05pt\u0027\u003emoney\r\nmay be challenged on the ground of its being contrary to \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";letter-spacing:.1pt\u0027\u003ethe\r\npublic policy of Pakistan, which may result in the setting \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";letter-spacing:.2pt\u0027\u003easide\r\nof an award. It is suggested that section 31(6) and (7) \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"\u0027\u003eshould be appropriately\r\namended.\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:\r\njustify;line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;\r\ntext-autospace:none\u0027\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\r\nletter-spacing:.15pt\u0027\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:\r\njustify;line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;\r\ntext-autospace:none\u0027\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\r\nletter-spacing:.15pt\u0027\u003eSection 34 deals with the setting aside of an award. It \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";letter-spacing:-.15pt\u0027\u003ehas\r\nbeen observed that section 34 is silent as regards the issue \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";letter-spacing:.3pt\u0027\u003ewhether\r\nthe right of a party to seek the setting aside of an \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";letter-spacing:.05pt\u0027\u003eaward\r\nunder section 34 is subject to the provisions of section 4 \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";letter-spacing:.1pt\u0027\u003eof\r\nArbitration Bill. It may be noted that right to challenge an award under\r\nsection 68\u003csup\u003e6\u003c/sup\u003e of the English Act is subject to the \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";letter-spacing:-.05pt\u0027\u003eprovisions\r\nof section 73\u003csup\u003e7\u003c/sup\u003e that provides for the waiver of the right to object.\r\nIt is, therefore, suggested section 34 of the Arbitration \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";letter-spacing:.45pt\u0027\u003eBill\r\nshould be appropriately amended as to provide clarity \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";letter-spacing:1.0pt\u0027\u003eas\r\nregards the rights to seek the setting aside of an \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"\u0027\u003eaward.\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027letter-spacing:-.05pt\u0027\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:\r\njustify;line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;\r\ntext-autospace:none\u0027\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\r\nletter-spacing:-.2pt\u0027\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:\r\njustify;line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;\r\ntext-autospace:none\u0027\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\r\nletter-spacing:-.2pt\u0027\u003eIt has further been observed that section 34(1) read with\r\n\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"\u0027\u003esection\r\n35(2) of the Arbitration Bill leads to an inconsistency. \u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027letter-spacing:.6pt\u0027\u003eSection 34(1) provides that recourse to the court\r\nunder \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:.1pt\u0027\u003esubsections (2) and (3) shall be\r\navailable to party unless the \u003c/span\u003ematter is referred by a Court to\r\narbitration. Apparently, section \u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:.05pt\u0027\u003e34 is\r\ninapplicable to awards where the reference to arbitration \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027letter-spacing:-.05pt\u0027\u003ewas made by the court. However, section 35(2)\r\nthat deals with \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:.1pt\u0027\u003epronouncement of\r\njudgment on an award expressly refers to \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:\r\n.15pt\u0027\u003echallenge of an award under section 34. This is inconsistent with the\r\nlanguage of section 34(1). It is, therefore, suggested \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027letter-spacing:.2pt\u0027\u003ethat the phrase \u0027unless the matter is referred by a\r\ncourt for \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:.1pt\u0027\u003earbitration\u0027 in section\r\n34(1) should be omitted so as to remove \u003c/span\u003ethe inconsistency.\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:\r\njustify;line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;\r\ntext-autospace:none\u0027\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\r\nletter-spacing:1.05pt\u0027\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:\r\njustify;line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;\r\ntext-autospace:none\u0027\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\r\nletter-spacing:1.05pt\u0027\u003eThe definition of a \u0026quot;foreign arbitral award\u0026quot;\r\nin \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\r\nletter-spacing:.15pt\u0027\u003esection 45(d) refers to the term \u0027made\u0027 that may at\r\noccasions \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"\u0027\u003elead\r\nto a dispute as to whether it would refer to the State where \u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027letter-spacing:-.05pt\u0027\u003ethe award was signed by the arbitrator(s) or from\r\nwhere it was \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:.7pt\u0027\u003edispatched. To avoid any\r\nsuch dispute and to promote \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:.15pt\u0027\u003ecertainty,\r\nit is suggested that a proviso may be added to the \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027letter-spacing:.05pt\u0027\u003edefinition in section 45(d) to the effect that \u0027an\r\naward may be \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:.55pt\u0027\u003etreated as made at the\r\nseat of arbitration, regardless of \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:.35pt\u0027\u003ewhere\r\nit was signed, dispatched or delivered to any of the \u003c/span\u003eparties\u0027.\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:\r\njustify;line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;\r\ntext-autospace:none\u0027\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\r\nletter-spacing:.05pt\u0027\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:\r\njustify;line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;\r\ntext-autospace:none\u0027\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\r\nletter-spacing:.05pt\u0027\u003eIt is high time that the statutory arbitration regime in\r\nPakistan should be overhauled as the current regime has failed \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";letter-spacing:-.1pt\u0027\u003eto\r\nachieve the craved purpose of providing expeditious dispute \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";letter-spacing:.15pt\u0027\u003eresolution\r\nmechanism-courtesy excessive court intervention. \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:\r\n12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";letter-spacing:.2pt\u0027\u003eThe Draft Arbitration\r\nBill is a commendable effort aimed at \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;\r\nfont-family:\"Times New Roman\";letter-spacing:-.05pt\u0027\u003econsolidating the major\r\nlaws governing arbitration. 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However, care is needed during the\r\nenactment \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:.15pt\u0027\u003eprocess to ensure that the\r\noddities of the outgoing regime do \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:-.05pt\u0027\u003enot\r\ncreep into the new dispensation:\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cdiv style=\u0027mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;\r\npadding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in\u0027\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:\r\njustify;line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;\r\ntext-autospace:none;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;\r\npadding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in\u0027\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;\r\nfont-family:\"Times New Roman\"\u0027\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003c/div\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:\r\njustify;line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;\r\ntext-autospace:none\u0027\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"\u0027\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027font-size:12.0pt;\r\nline-height:115%;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";color:#0000CC\u0027\u003e1. 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style=\u0027color:#0000CC;letter-spacing:.1pt\u0027\u003e\u0027international\r\ncommercial arbitration\u0027 means an arbitration relating to \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027color:#0000CC;letter-spacing:-.15pt\u0027\u003edisputes arising \u0027out of legal\r\nrelationships, whether contractual or not, \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027color:#0000CC;\r\nletter-spacing:-.05pt\u0027\u003econsidered as commercial under the law in force in India\r\nand where at , \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027color:#0000CC\u0027\u003eleast one of the parties is:\u0026#8209;\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027letter-spacing:.1pt\u0027\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=ListParagraph style=\u0027margin-left:.75in;text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027color:#0000CC;letter-spacing:.1pt\u0027\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=ListParagraph 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