Requests for confirmation of an arbitral award must be submitted by motion or petition (9 U.S.C. § 13). Together with the petition or motion, a party seeking confirmation under Chapter 1 of the FAA must file: ∎ The arbitration agreement.
In addition, the Court should clarify that, where a party has not filed a response to a petition to confirm an arbitration award within 10 days from service of the petition, nothing in the Code of Civil Procedure provisions relating to arbitration awards Page 18 - 13 - precludes that party from filing her own petition ...
41.1 Unless all parties expressly agree in writing to the contrary, the parties undertake as a general principle to keep confidential all awards and orders in their arbitration, together with all materials in the proceedings created for the purpose of the arbitration and all other documents produced by another party in ...
Confidentiality: Unlike public court hearings, arbitration proceedings are private. This is often an important factor for those who want to keep the details of a dispute confidential.
While it is true that arbitration is generally private because the public is excluded from the arbitration hearing, it does not follow that the arbitration proceedings remain confidential.
In general, arbitration decisions are for the most part private and confidential and they are published only if the parties and the arbitrator agree on making the decision available. There are a variety of commercially available services which publish those decisions.
Recognition or confirmation of an award is usually sought by filing a petition. The party seeking recognition and enforcement or confirmation of an award must submit to the court a copy of the award and the parties' arbitration agreement.
In general, arbitration decisions are for the most part private and confidential and they are published only if the parties and the arbitrator agree on making the decision available. There are a variety of commercially available services which publish those decisions.
In general, arbitration decisions are private records, and the arbitrator is constrained in releasing them. Some decisions in the public sector are protected as personnel matters, while other decisions are treated as public records.
The Labour Relations Act (LRA) does not allow any party to appeal against an arbitration award. However, such awards can be overturned by other means. In fact, there are two ways of going about setting aside an arbitration award: by Labour Court review or by rescission application.