Model Arbitration Clause
Any dispute, controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this contract including any question regarding its existence, interpretation, validity, breach or termination or the business relationship created by it shall be referred to and finally resolved by arbitration at ADR Chambers under the ADR Chambers Arbitration Rules. The place of the arbitration shall be ______________________________.
The Parties may wish to consider adding one or all of the following options:
- There shall be __________ arbitrators (1 or 3). (If 3, state whether each party may nominate an arbitrator and how the third arbitrator is to be selected.) (See Rule 5.4.)
- The language of the arbitration shall be______________________________.
- The Arbitral Tribunal must select its award from one of the final offers made by each of the Parties, in its entirety and without modification. The Arbitral Tribunal need not provide detailed reasons for its award.
- An oral hearing need not be held. (See Rule 11.4.)
- There will be no appeal from the decision of the Arbitral Tribunal on questions of fact, law, or mixed fact and law.
Parties may also wish to decide what Rules will apply with respect to pre-hearing disclosure of documents and examinations for discovery, especially where Parties from more than one country or province are involved.
Model Expedited Arbitration Clause
If any dispute arises between the Parties relating to the application, interpretation, implementation or validity of this agreement, the Parties agree to resolve the dispute by arbitration at ADR Chambers using the ADR Chambers Expedited Arbitration Rules. The parties agree that the ADR Chambers Expedited Arbitration Rules give the parties a fair opportunity to present their case and respond to the case of the other side. The arbitration shall be held in (city) and shall proceed in accordance with the provisions of the Arbitration Act (province). Judgment upon the award rendered by the arbitrator may be entered in any court having jurisdiction.
Model Multi-Step Dispute Resolution Clause
If any dispute occurs between the parties relating to the application, interpretation, implementation or validity of this Agreement, the Parties agree to seek to resolve the dispute or controversy through mediation with ADR Chambers before pursuing any other proceedings. Nothing herein shall preclude any Party from seeking injunctive relief in the event that the Party perceives that without such injunctive relief, serious harm may be done to the party. Any Party to the dispute may serve notice on the others of its desire to resolve a particular dispute by mediation. The mediator shall be appointed by agreement between the Parties or, if the Parties cannot agree within five days after receipt of the notice of intention to mediate, the mediator will be appointed by ADR Chambers. The mediation will be held at (city). The Parties agree to attempt to resolve their dispute at mediation. The costs of the mediator shall be shared equally by the Parties. If the dispute has not been resolved within thirty days of the notice of desire to mediate, any Party may terminate the mediation and proceed to arbitration as set out below.
Subject to the mediation provisions set out above, if any dispute or controversy occurs between the Parties relating to the interpretation or implementation of any of the provisions of this Agreement, the dispute will be resolved by arbitration at ADR Chambers pursuant to the general ADR Chambers Rules for Arbitration. Any Party may serve notice of its desire to refer a dispute to arbitration. (The arbitration shall be conducted by a single arbitrator.) The arbitration shall be held in (city). The arbitration shall proceed in accordance with the provisions of the Arbitration Act (province). The decision arrived at by the arbitrator(s) shall be final and binding and no appeal shall lie therefrom. Judgment upon the award rendered by the arbitrator may be entered in any court having jurisdiction. The costs of the arbitrator shall be divided equally between the parties.
