The parties or their advisers should contact the arbitrator to arrange the arbitration. You should address all correspondence and enquiries to the arbitration consultant, through the arbitration team, and not to the president. We'll decline any request for the president to deal with the matter personally.
Virginia law provides that parties to a controversy may agree to submit their differences to arbitration, with the stipulation that the award may be returned to and entered as a judgment of a court of the Commonwealth having jurisdiction over the subject matter of the controversy.
A written agreement to submit any existing controversy to arbitration or a provision in a written contract to submit to arbitration any controversy thereafter arising between the parties is valid, enforceable and irrevocable, except upon such grounds as exist at law or in equity for the revocation of any contract.
Therefore, banks and financial institutions wishing to arbitrate should ensure that an arbitration clause is included in the relevant contract, specifying the arbitral institution that will provide administrative support to the arbitration, the number of arbitrators (and how they are to be selected), the language of ...
Within 30 calendar days following receipt of the notice of intent to arbitrate, each party shall provide written submissions in support of its position as well as the final payment offers directly to the arbitrator. At this time, the non-initiating party also shall provide its final offer to the initiating party.
A claimant will typically start arbitration by sending a document known as a “request for arbitration” or a “notice to arbitrate” to its opponent.
Arbitration is increasingly being recognised, including in the banking and financial sector, as a means of resolving disputes that can meet the needs of parties who are no longer satisfied with the characteristics - and often the timeframe - of litigation before national courts.
Yes. Arbitration is less formal than litigation, and is often much cheaper. Furthermore, arbitration is aimed at reaching a compromise between parties, reaching a win-win situation, as opposed to litigation, which is aimed at one party winning over the other.