A submission agreement will contain details of the dispute and the issues between the parties, and record that it is being referred to arbitration.
A witness statement is a personal declaration of its author containing his/her recollection of the facts. Therefore, it should be written in the first person singular. Unless the witness is a lawyer or has a legal background, he/she should abstain from using legalese.
A submission agreement is a contract between two parties that establishes the use of arbitration to settle any disputes that may arise between them. This type of contract is used when the contract parties have an agreement that does not already provide arbitration as an option for dispute resolution.
We noted that arbitration clauses are made before any dispute arises. Submission agreements, however, are agreements to arbitrate made after the dispute has arisen.
Submission Agreement: The Submission Agreement lists the parties in the arbitration case and confirms that FINRA will administer it. It also establishes that, if the case ends with a hearing, the parties all agree to abide by the arbitrators' decisions.
A “submission agreement” (also called an “agreement to arbitrate”) is a written agreement between two parties that establishes the use of arbitration to settle a dispute (or any and all disputes) that may arise between them.
As impartial third parties, they hear and decide disputes between opposing parties. Arbitrators may work alone or on a panel with other arbitrators. In some cases, arbitrators may decide procedural issues, such as what evidence may be submitted and when hearings will be held.
An arbitrator plays the role of a neutral person, who makes decisions on a dispute based on evidence presented by the parties. The decision the arbitrator makes is not always legally binding, but if it is, individuals and/or businesses are not able to go to court later if they do not agree with the outcome.
Unlike an arbitrator, a mediator has no power to decide a dispute. Rather, the mediator's role is to facilitate conversations between the parties to help them come to a resolution.
What does a FINRA arbitrator do? Arbitrators serve as dispute decision makers. They hear all sides of the case, study the evidence and render a final and binding decision. Arbitrators may serve as the sole arbitrator or as a member of a three-person arbitration panel.