About the book
There are a number of arbitration books available in the market dealing with the substantive laws of arbitration i.e. legislation and precedents. There is not a single book on Arbitration Procedure and Practice to explain the process of arbitration.
There are a number of steps involved in the long arbitral journey such as arbitration agreement, appointment of arbitrator, filing of claim statement by the claimant and written statement by the respondent, points at issues, oral and written arguments, award, challenge against award, appeals, enforcement of award, etc. This book step by step explains the arbitration process in simple and plain language for the benefit of every participant in the arbitration proceedings. The object of this book is to educate the participants to how to get a just and fair binding final award as the outcome of the proceedings because many awards are set aside due to minor avoidable mistakes by the participants.
This book is a ready reckoner for many who want to be acquainted with the process of arbitration. Entire technology and know-how behind the process of arbitration has been enumerated with answers to the questions which many persons do not find anyone to answer.
It provides guidance to the students as well as legal professionals in understanding the procedure and practice of Arbitration which will help the readers to make the complicated arbitration procedure simpler by following a comprehensive approach.
A team consisting of judges, advocates, engineers and experts from India and other countries have contributed material for many chapters in this book to make it wide-ranging and more helpful. It will be of great use for the judges, advocates, arbitrators, conciliators, mediators, experts, teachers, students, and so on.It deals comprehensively with:
- Procedure and Practice of arbitration based on UNCITRAL Model Law.
- Models and formats for drafting claims and written statements, preliminary objections in different types of cases, applications, variety of grounds for challenging arbitrators, minutes of meetings of arbitration proceedings, day-to-day orders by the tribunal, arbitration awards, objection petitions with variety of grounds for setting aside awards, appeals, case law and related documents
- Frequently Asked Questions and answers, common errors and pitfalls and tips in the end of every chapter.
- Covers international law in the neighboring countries.
- Number of countries, including India has adopted UNCITRAL Model Law on Arbitration. This book may be useful for those countries which have adopted the Model Law because of similarity of the provisions in such countries. Some chapters on arbitration in the countries like Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Singapore, Thailand, Pakistan, U.S.A., and U.K. have been included in the book to make it more useful.