Further statements of parties referring to factual and legal analysis of the case referred to arbitration. Strictly speaking, submissions refer to statements of claim/response, and joinders to those statements. The submissions may also be referred to as pleadings, briefs, memorials etc.
A submission agreement will contain details of the dispute and the issues between the parties, and record that it is being referred to arbitration.
We noted that arbitration clauses are made before any dispute arises. Submission agreements, however, are agreements to arbitrate made after the dispute has arisen.
Arbitration agreements require that persons who signed them resolve any disputes by binding arbitration, rather than in court before a judge and/or jury. What is binding arbitration? Binding arbitration involves the submission of a dispute to a neutral party who hears the case and makes a decision.
A submission agreement, on the other hand, is an agreement entered into between the parties to submit existing disputes to arbitration. The terms 'arbitration clause' and 'submission agreement' are used throughout this Guide in ance with these descriptions.
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 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.
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.