Improving Arbitration Procedure: Tips and Traps for an Efficient Process

L – R: Cameron Hassall (Clifford Chance), Jo Delaney (Baker McKenzie), Brenda Horrigan (Herbert Smith Freehills), Andrew Battisson (Norton Rose Fulbright) and Daniel Meltz (12 Wentworth Selborne Chambers)

When: 31 July 2019 Where: Norton rose Fulbright, sydney

Norton Rose Fulbright and the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) Australia hosted a stimulating panel discussion on tips and traps for improving arbitration proceedings so that it is a more time and cost efficient process. Moderated by Jo Delaney from Baker McKenzie, with panellists comprised of Andrew Battison from Norton Rose Fulbright, Brenda Horrigan from Herbert Smith Freehills, Cameron Hassall from Clifford Chance and Daniel Meltz from 12 Wentworth Selborne Chambers, the seminar examined some of the key differences between arbitration and litigation in terms of collection, production and presentation of evidence (both documentary and from witnesses/ experts), as well as differences in the ways in which parties put forward case arguments in arbitration as opposed to litigation. The discussions highlighted that while arbitration is a vigorous legal process with demanding standards of proof, the procedural flexibility afforded to the parties by the arbitration process (when used effectively) allows for a more streamlined and condensed proceeding.

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