CPR Protocol on Disclosure of Documents and Presentation of Witnesses in Commercial Arbitration
Article from: TDM 1 (2009), in Procedure, Advocacy, Strategy and Tactics in Arbitration
Introduction
The CPR Protocol addresses concerns often expressed by users of arbitration, that there is, particularly in disputes involving parties of different nations, a lack of predictability in the ways in which the arbitration proceedings are conducted and that arbitration is becoming increasingly more complex, costly and time-consuming. The Protocol addresses these concerns by providing guidance in the form of recommendations as to practices that arbitrators may follow in administering proceedings before them, including proceedings conducted under the CPR Rules or under other ad hoc or ...