JAIAC Fast Track Arbitration Rules

1. Unless the context otherwise requires, words and expressions below shall bear the meanings and/ or definitions ascribed respectively below:

   “the Centre” means the Jamaica International Arbitration Centre Limited (JAIAC);

   “the Secretary General” means the Secretary General of the Centre, and in the event, the Secretary General is unable or incapable of acting for any reason whatsoever, refers to any other person who may be authorised by the Secretary General in writing;

   “these Rules” means the JAIAC Fast Track Arbitration Rules;

   “the Act” means the Jamaican Arbitration Act, 2017 or any statutory modification to or re-enactment or replacement of the Act;

   “arbitral tribunal” means either a sole arbitrator or all arbitrators when more than one is appointed;

   “relevant documents” means all documents relevant to the dispute, whether or not favorable to the party having power, possession or control of them, but does not include documents which are privileged and not therefore legally disclosable;

   “international arbitration” means an arbitration where:

   1. One of the parties to an arbitration agreement, at the time of the conclusion of that agreement, has its place of business in any sovereign State other than Jamaica;
   2. Any place where a substantial part of the obligations of any commercial or other relationship is to be performed or the place with which the subject matter of the dispute is most closely connected is situated in any sovereign State other than Jamaica;
   3. The parties have expressly agreed that the subject-matter of the arbitration agreement relates to more than one sovereign State;

   “domestic arbitration” means any arbitration which is not an international arbitration.

2. Where the parties to a contract have provided in writing for reference to arbitration under these Rules, then such dispute(s) shall be referred and finally determined in accordance with these Rules. These Rules shall be subject to any such amendments as the Centre may have adapted to take effect on or before the commencement of the arbitration unless the parties have agreed otherwise.

1. For the purposes of these Rules, notices, statements, submissions or other documents used in arbitration may be delivered personally to the party or delivered by leaving the document at the party’s habitual residence, place of business or mailing address; or, if none of these can be ascertained after making reasonable inquiry, then documents may be delivered by leaving them at the party’s last known residence or place of business.
2. If a party is represented by an attorney-at-law or any other authorised agent in respect of the arbitral proceedings, all notices or other documents required to be given or served for the purposes of the arbitral proceedings together with all decisions, orders and awards made or issued by the arbitral tribunal shall be treated as effectively served if served on that attorney-at-law or authorised agent.
3. The date that a party has had or ought to reasonably have had notice of a document is deemed to be the date that the particular document is delivered to that party.Delivery of documents to the Centre or its officers shall be in accordance with these Rules.
4. Without prejudice to the effectiveness of any other form of written communication, written communication may be by fax, email or any other means of electronic transmission effected to a number, address or site of a party. The transmission is deemed to have been received on the day of transmission.
5. For the purposes of calculating a period of time under these Rules, such period shall begin to run on the day following the day when a notice, statement, submission or other document is received. If the last day of such period is an official holiday or a non-business day at the residence or place of business of the addressee, the period is extended until the first business day which follows. Official holidays or non-business days occurring during the running of the period of time are included in calculating the period.

1. Arbitration proceedings under these Rules shall be deemed to have commenced when the party initiating the arbitration (the “Claimant”) delivers to the other party (the “Respondent”) a notice in writing stating its intention to commence an arbitration under these Rules (the “Notice of Arbitration”). A copy of the Notice of Arbitration shall be delivered at the same time to the Centre and be marked for the attention of the Secretary General.
2. The Notice of Arbitration shall include:
   1. The names, mailing addresses, telephone and facsimile numbers of the parties and their counsel;
   2. A brief summary of the matters in respect of which the parties are in dispute;
   3. Reference to the agreement by which the dispute is to be arbitrated under these Rules;
   4. The name and professional details of at least 1 individual nominated by the Claimant as candidate for the role of a sole arbitrator or the name and professional details of the Claimant’s duly appointed arbitrator where there is prior agreement for a panel of 3 arbitrators;
   5. A request to the other party to concur with the appointment of a sole arbitrator or to duly appoint an arbitrator whether there is prior agreement for 3 arbitrators;
   6. A copy of the arbitration agreement; and
   7. A comprehensive Statement of Case in accordance with Article 7 signed by or on behalf of the Claimant.
3. The copy of the Notice of Arbitration delivered to the Centre shall be accompanied by a cheque drawn in favour of the Centre in such sums as may from time to time be prescribed by the Centre as the non-refundable registration fee for commencing arbitration under these Rules.

1. Unless the parties have agreed otherwise, any arbitration conducted under these Rules shall be conducted by a sole arbitrator whose appointment shall be agreed in writing by the parties within 7 days of the commencement of arbitration.
2. Where parties have failed to reach an agreement in writing to the appointment of a sole arbitrator within 7 days of the commencement of the arbitration, the Secretary General shall appoint the sole arbitrator, notify the parties of the appointment and provide the parties with the arbitral tribunal’s name and mailing address.
3. If the arbitral tribunal is to consist of 3 arbitrators:
   1. Each party shall appoint 1 arbitrator within 7 days of the commencement of arbitration, or longer provided an extension of time has been applied for and granted by the Secretary General prior to the lapse of the 7 days;
   2. Where one party has failed to appoint an arbitrator within 7 days of the commencement of the arbitration and have failed to request for an extension of time for such appointment prior to the lapse of the 7 days the Secretary General shall appoint the second arbitrator, notify the parties of the appointment and provide the parties with the second arbitrator’s name and mailing address;
   3. If the two said arbitrators do not appoint a presiding arbitrator within 10 working days of one calling upon the other to do so, the Secretary General shall appoint the presiding arbitrator, notify the parties of the appointment, and provide the parties with the presiding arbitrator’s name and mailing address;
   4. A substantive oral hearing shall only proceed after 3 arbitrators have been appointed;
   5. After the appointment of the presiding arbitrator, decisions, orders or awards shall be made by all or a majority of the arbitrators;
   6. The view of the presiding arbitrator shall prevail in relation to a decision, order or award in respect of which there is neither unanimity nor a majority under Article 4 Rule 3(e) above.
4. The request for appointment of an arbitral tribunal shall be accompanied by a cheque drawn in favour of the Centre in such sum as may from time to time be prescribed by the Centre as the appointment fee.
5. Upon the appointment of the arbitral tribunal (whether by parties’ agreement or appointment by the Secretary General), the Claimant shall forthwith provide the arbitral tribunal with a copy of the Notice of Arbitration.

The arbitral tribunal conducting arbitration under these Rules shall be and remain at all times independent and impartial and shall not act as advocate for any party.

1. The arbitral tribunal shall apply the law designated by the parties as applicable to the substance of this dispute. Failing such designation by the parties, the arbitral tribunal shall apply the law determined by the conflict of laws rules, which it considers applicable.
2. The seat of arbitration shall be Jamaica. The law of the arbitration under these Rules shall be the Act.
3. An award made under these Rules shall be deemed to be an award made in Jamaica.
4. Unless otherwise agreed, the language of arbitration shall be English.
5. Subject to these Rules, the arbitral tribunal shall have the powers permitted by law and under the Act to ensure the just, expeditious, economical and final determination of the dispute(s) in the reference. In this regard, the arbitral tribunal shall conduct the arbitration in such manner as the arbitral tribunal considers appropriate, save that at all times the arbitral tribunal shall ensure that the parties are treated equally and are given reasonable opportunity to present their case.
6. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the arbitral tribunal’s powers and jurisdiction to achieve the just, expeditious, economical and final determination of the dispute(s) in the reference shall include the power and jurisdiction to:
   1. Establish any other procedure not covered by these Rules which is deemed suitable;
   2. Order any submission or other materials to be delivered in writing or electronically;
   3. Limit the submission or production of any documents by the parties;
   4. Order specific disclosure and discovery of limited identified documents or relevant documents which have not been produced in the statement of case, defence or reply, upon application by a party on justifiable grounds; and that if such relevant documents are not disclosed by the other party within the time so prescribed, draw adverse inferences in its award should it consider that other party to be in default of its disclosure obligations;
   5. Fix deadlines for any procedure including submissions and production of documents and in default of deadlines to accordingly proceed with the arbitration without attaching any weight to any non-compliant submission or production of documents which do not comply with the deadlines;
   6. Apply the arbitral tribunal’s specialist knowledge provided that parties are given the opportunity to address any matter relating to the specialist knowledge that the arbitral tribunal wishes to apply to the award;
   7. Restrict the use of expert evidence or supplementary expert evidence unless permission or leave is first obtained and any such terms imposed by the arbitral tribunal complied with. Any request for such permission or leave to adduce expert evidence must be made within 14 days after the delivery of the Statement of Reply. In the case of supplementary expert evidence, any request for such permission must be made by the party wishing to adduce such evidence within 14 days of service/exchange of expert reports, failing which no supplementary witness statement shall be adduced in evidence by that party;
   8. Appoint independent experts to inquire and report on specific matters with the consent of the parties as to the appointment and the costs related thereto, and require the parties to give such expert any relevant information or to produce, or to provide access to, any relevant documents, goods or property for inspection by the expert;
   9. Order the parties to make any property or thing available for inspection and to carry out physical inspection of any matter or item that is related to the subject matter of the reference to arbitration;
   10. If the parties so agree, add other parties (with their consent) to be joined in the arbitration and make a single final award determining all disputes between them;
   11. Make such directions on the procedure and process for the substantive oral hearings as may be necessary for the expedient determination of the dispute(s) in the reference including but not limited to:
       1. Directing that any party wishing to adduce in evidence statements of witnesses of fact must give notice of such intention within the prescribed time;
       2. The manner in which the time at the hearing is used including the time limited for cross examination or re-examination allocated to each party;
       3. Directing that evidence in chief of any witnesses will be limited only to affirmed witness statements and no further examination in chief of any witness is allowed except for corrections to the witness statements and directions for the simultaneous exchange of these witness ] statements;
       4. Directing that witness statements in reply can be lodged if parties choose to do so and making directions for the simultaneous exchange of these witness statements;
       5. Directing that unless the party entitled tocross-examine agrees to dispense with it, the maker of any witness statement and/or the party or parties identified in the statements and/or supporting evidence must be made available for cross-examination at the hearing, in default of which, the arbitral tribunal may elect either to proceed with the hearing and place such weight on his statement or evidence as the arbitral tribunal deems just and appropriate; or proceed with the hearing and exclude the statement or evidence altogether;
       6. Directing that in the absence of any witness statements, the parties’ signed Statement of Case, Statement of Defence (and Counterclaim, if any) and Statement of Reply (and Defence to Counterclaim, if applicable) shall serve as the parties’ evidence at the hearing;
       7. Directing the limit or specifying the number of witnesses and/or experts that is to be dealt with in the hearing;
       8. Directing that any issues to be cross-examined of particular witnesses or experts are irrelevant and not to be raised in the hearing;
       9. Directing that any other issues cross-examined of particular witnesses or experts apart from those approved by the arbitral tribunal, will be given no weight;
       10. Ordering pre-hearing interrogatories to be answered;
       11. Conducting the questioning of witnesses or experts himself/herself or making such enquiries as may appear to the arbitral tribunal to be necessary provided that parties are given an opportunity to address any facts and/or law that the arbitral tribunal wishes to apply to the award;
       12. Requiring two or more witnesses and/or experts to give their evidence together;
       13. Directing written submission, if required, to be served and exchanged simultaneously with a limited right for an expeditious written submission in reply;
       14. Extending any time limit provided by the Rules up to 7 days, and with the consent of the Director up to 14 days. The Secretary General may in exceptional circumstances, upon consultation with the arbitral tribunal and parties, extend time further.

Without limiting its comprehensive nature, the “Statement of Case” shall contain the following information:

1. Statement of the facts and sufficient particulars supporting the Claimant’s position in the case and any related claims;
2. Copies of all documents relied upon in the statement of facts and sufficient particulars;
3. Copies of any other documents considered relevant to the Claimant’s case and claims;
4. The contentions of fact and law supporting the Claimant’s position and copies of any particular legal authority that the Claimant intends to rely upon;
5. All items of relief and remedy sought by the Claimant; and
6. All quantifiable items of claim shall be accompanied with the relevant calculations and breakdowns to substantiate the quantum (where applicable).

1. Within 28 days of the commencement of arbitration, the Respondent shall deliver to the arbitral tribunal and the Claimant a comprehensive “Statement of Defence” to the Claimant’s Statement of Case, signed by or on behalf of the Respondent. Where the Respondent desires to advance a counterclaim against the Claimant, a comprehensive statement of the case and claim relating to the counterclaim signed by or on behalf of the Respondent must be included in the same document as the Statement of Defence and such document shall be entitled “Statement of Defence and Counterclaim”.
2. Without limiting its comprehensive nature, the Statement of Defence (and Counterclaim, if any) shall contain the following information:
   1. A confirmation or denial of the Claimant’s case and claims;
   2. A statement of the facts and sufficient particulars supporting the Respondent’s position in defending the case and claim;
   3. Copies of all documents relied upon in the statement of facts and sufficient particulars;
   4. Copies of any other documents considered relevant to the Respondent’s defence;
   5. The contentions of fact and law supporting the Respondent’s position and copies of any particular legal authority that the Respondent intends to rely upon;
   6. An identification of agreement or disagreement to any documents produced by the Claimant in the Statement of Case and contentions on the reasons for disagreements; and
   7. Where a counterclaim is advanced by the Respondent, the same kind of information and documents that the Claimant is obliged to provide under these Rules in relation to the Statement of Case.
3. Within 7 days of receipt of the Respondent’s Statement of Defence (and counterclaim, if any), the Claimant shall deliver to the arbitral tribunal and the Respondent a comprehensive “Statement of Reply” to the Respondent’s defence signed by or on behalf of the Claimant. Where the Respondent has advanced a counterclaim against the Claimant, a comprehensive statement of defence to the Respondent’s counterclaim signed by or on behalf of the Claimant must be included in the same document as the Statement of Reply and such document shall be entitled “Statement of Reply and Defence to Counterclaim”.
4. Without limiting its comprehensive nature, the Statement of Reply (and Defence to Counterclaim, if applicable) shall contain the following information:
   1. A confirmation or denial of the Respondent’s defence;
   2. A statement of the facts and sufficient particulars supporting the Claimant’s position in replying to the Respondent’s defence;
   3. Copies of all documents relied upon in the statement of facts and sufficient particulars;
   4. Copies of any other documents considered relevant to the Claimant’s reply;
   5. The contentions of fact and law supporting the Claimant’s position and copies of any particular legal authority that the Claimant intends to rely upon;
   6. An identification of agreement or disagreement to any documents produced by the Respondent in the Statement of Defence and contentions on the reasons for disagreements; and
   7. Where a defence to counterclaim is advanced by the Claimant, the same kind of information and documents that the Respondent is obliged to provide under these Rules in relation to the Statement of Defence.
5. If the Respondent does advance a counterclaim and the Claimant does deliver a Statement of Reply and Defence to Counterclaim, then within 7 days of receipt of the Claimant’s Statement of Reply and Defence to Counterclaim, the Respondent shall deliver to the arbitral tribunal and the Claimant a comprehensive Statement of Reply (“Respondent’s Reply”) containing the same kind of information and documents that the Claimant is obliged to provide under these Rules in relation to the Statement of Reply.
6. If the Respondent does not advance a counterclaim, then within 7 days of receipt of the Claimant’s Statement of Reply, the Respondent shall deliver to the arbitral tribunal and the Claimant an identification of agreement or disagreement to any documents produced by the Claimant in the Statement of Reply and contentions on the reasons for disagreements, signed by or on behalf of the Respondent.
7. If there is a Respondent’s Reply, then within 7 days of receipt of the Respondent’s Reply, the Claimant shall deliver to the arbitral tribunal and the Respondent an identification of agreement or disagreement to any documents produced by the Respondent in the Respondent’s Reply and contentions on the reasons for disagreements, signed by or on behalf of the Claimant.

1. Where parties agree expressly in writing to a documents-only arbitration, the arbitral tribunal shall, upon receipt of the final document delivered under Article 8 above, proceed to consider the dispute and publish the award in accordance with these Rules.
2. Physical attendance by parties for a substantive oral hearing is not required in a documents-only arbitration unless, in exceptional circumstances, the arbitral tribunal deems it necessary for the resolution of the dispute.
3. Where the aggregate amount of the claim and/or counter claim in dispute is less than USD75,000.00 or is unlikely to exceed USD75,000.00 for an international arbitration; or is less than JMD5,000,000.00 or is unlikely to exceed JMD5,000,000.00 in a domestic arbitration, the arbitration shall proceed as a documents-only arbitration, unless the arbitrator deems it necessary to proceed by way of substantive oral hearing upon consultation with the parties.

1. Where the arbitration is not a documents- only arbitration, the arbitral tribunal shall convene a meeting to be attended by all parties (“Case Management Meeting”) no later than 8 weeks from the date of commencement of the arbitration. Case Management Meetings may be conducted through a meeting in person, by video conference, by telephone or by any other means of communications as agreed by the parties or failing which, as determined by the arbitral tribunal.
2. At the Case Management Meeting, the arbitral tribunal shall enquire into the status of the arbitration and shall consider directions for the further conduct of the arbitration. In addition to the powers and jurisdiction of the arbitral tribunal as stated in these Rules, the arbitral tribunal shall also give:
   1. Directions for the production and exchange of any statements of case, defence or reply or t h e compliance of any other preceding procedure in these Rules (if parties have failed to exchange such statements or comply with such procedure within the time prescribed by these Rules) to be done at such shorter number of days than that prescribed under these Rules for the party that failed to do so in the first instance. In any event, such time shall be no longer than the periods prescribed under these Rules;
   2. Directions that any substantive oral hearings are to be held at the premises of the Centre unless parties agree otherwise;
   3. Directions as to the procedure and process for the substantive oral hearings as may be necessary for the expedient determination of the dispute(s) in the reference based on the powers and jurisdiction given to the arbitral tribunal under these Rules;
   4. Directions that all or any applications for further directions or orders be delivered to the arbitral tribunal no later than 7 days from the date of the delivery of the Statement of Reply, (if such statement has not already been exchanged in accordance with these Rules), or 14 days from the date of the Case Management Meeting (if such applications have not by such time already been delivered to the abitral tribunal) and directions that such application(s) must be supported by a statement signed by or on behalf of the party setting out the grounds for the application and all relevant supporting documents. The arbitral tribunal shall then direct accordingly on the procedure for the expeditious determination of such application(s);
   5. Directions that any and all applications for further directions delivered to the arbitral tribunal after the time limit stipulated in Article 10 Rule 2(d) may be refused by the arbitral ribunal on the sole ground that they were not delivered in accordance with the said time limits. The arbitral tribunal may however consider applications for further directions delivered after the time limit stipulated in Article 10 Rule 2(d) if the arbitral tribunal is of the view that the application is necessary for the fair disposal of the arbitration.
3. Where the arbitration is not a documents-only arbitration, the arbitral tribunal may if appropriate in all the circumstances, dispense with the Case Management Meeting but shall no later than 8 weeks after commencement of the arbitration, issue such directions as are necessary or expedient under Article 10 Rule 2.

1. Where the arbitration is not a documents-only arbitration, the arbitral tribunal shall direct that the substantive oral hearings be conducted as soon as reasonably possible and in any event to commence not more than 20 days after the conclusion of all the procedures and processes preceding the substantive oral hearings and that the substantive oral hearings be completed no later than 125 days from the commencement of the arbitration. The arbitral tribunal shall also direct that the substantive oral hearings does not exceed a period of 6 working days.
2. The arbitral tribunal may, if so agreed by the parties, direct a shorter period for the commencement of the substantive oral hearings from the conclusion of all the procedures and processes preceding the substantive oral hearings and/or, direct a shorter period for the completion of the substantive oral hearings from the commencement of the arbitration and/or, direct a shorter period for the substantive oral hearings itself.
3. The parties agree to cooperate and take every opportunity to save time where possible in order to achieve the maximum periods stated in Article 11 Rule 1 above.
4. All parties may, with the agreement of the arbitral tribunal, extend the maximum periods stated in Article 11 Rule 1 above up to a further maximum of 10 days in relation to the commencement of the substantive oral hearings from the conclusion of all the procedures and processes preceding the substantive oral hearings and/or a further maximum of 30 days in relation to the completion of the substantive oral hearings from the commencement of the arbitration. The period for the substantive oral hearings may only be extended by a further maximum of 4 working days with the agreement of the parties and the arbitral tribunal.

1. Due to the overriding interest of an expeditious determination of the dispute(s) in the reference as a whole, the parties agree that they shall not apply for an interim award under these Rules. In addition, the parties further agree that Section 41 of the Act is opted out of the parties’ arbitration agreement.
2. The arbitral tribunal may hear the following applications for rulings and shall be empowered to determine the following:
   1. Applications for permission to amend the aforesaid statements or other documents delivered in the arbitration;
   2. Applications for specific disclosure of documents and facts;
   3. Such further or other applications for directions as may appear to the arbitral tribunal to be necessary for the fair and expedient resolution of the dispute under arbitration; and
   4. Without prejudice to the general powers conferred on the arbitral tribunal underArticle 6 Rule 5, make orders as to costs in relation to Article 12 Rule 2 (a) to (c) above.
3. In considering any applications under this Rule, the arbitral tribunal shall have due regard to ensuring a fair and expeditious determination of the disputes in reference as a whole.
4. The award shall state the reasons upon which it is based. The award shall be signed by the arbitral tribunal and shall contain the date and place in which the award was made.
5. With regard to a documents-only arbitration, the arbitral tribunal shall publish the final award expeditiously and no later than 90 days from the commencement of the arbitration.
6. With regard to an arbitration with a substantive oral hearing, the arbitral tribunal shall publish the final award expeditiously and no later than 160 days from the commencement of the arbitration subject to such equivalent extensions as may have been agreed by the parties and the arbitral tribunal under Article 11 Rule 4.

If it appears to the arbitral tribunal that the final award may not be published within the time limits provided in these Rules, the arbitral tribunal shall no later than 14 days before the lapse of the said time limit notify the Director and the parties in writing explaining and justifying the reasons for the delay, state the revised estimated date of publication of the award and seek the Director’s prior consent for such an extension of time for the publication of the award.

1. The term “costs” includes only:
   1. The fees of the arbitral tribunal to be stated separately as to each arbitrator and to be fixed by the arbitral tribunal itself in accordance with Article 19;
   2. The reasonable travel and other expenses incurred by the arbitrators;
   3. The reasonable costs of expert advice and of other assistance required by the arbitral tribunal;
   4. The reasonable travel and other expenses of witnesses to the extent such expenses are approved by the arbitral tribunal;
   5. The legal and other costs incurred by the parties in relation to the arbitration to the extent that the arbitral tribunal determines that the amount of such costs is reasonable.
2. Costs shall be awarded on a summary and commercial basis and in such manner and amount as the arbitral tribunal shall in its absolute discretion consider fair, reasonable and proportional to the matters in dispute. The arbitral tribunal shall specify the amount of such costs. There shall be no taxation or review by the Supreme Court or any other court of such costs, fees and expenses.
3. The parties’ recoverable costs are capped so that neither party shall be entitled to recover more than a sum equivalent to 30% of the total amount of claim and counterclaim (if any) in a documents-only arbitration and 50% in an arbitration with substantive oral hearing. For avoidance of doubt, these percentages are maximum figures and the arbitral tribunal may however at any time, and in its absolute discretion, cap the parties’ costs to some lesser percentage.
4. If declaratory or other non-monetary relief is sought the arbitral tribunal will, following completion of opening submissions and in its sole discretion, decide what overall cap on costs is to apply.
5. To enable the arbitral tribunal to assess costs, each party will provide a breakdown of those costs as soon as the arbitral tribunal is in a position to proceed to its award.

1. For the purposes of Section 7 of the Act, the time limit for any objection is 7 days.
2. For the purposes of Section 15(1) of the Act, the time limit for any challenge in accordance with the said provision is 7 days.

Parties agree not to hold the Centre, its officers, employees, agents and committees responsible or liable for anything done or omitted to be done in the discharge or purported discharge of any power, function or duty under these Rules or in connection with any arbitral tribunal or arbitration under these Rules.

If without sufficient cause a party fails to attend or be represented at any of the oral hearings of which due notice was given or where a party fails after due notice to submit written evidence or lodge written submissions, the arbitral tribunal may continue the proceedings in the absence of that party or as the case may be, without any written evidence or written submission on his behalf, and deliver an award on the basis of the evidence before the arbitral tribunal.

1. The parties and the arbitral tribunal shall at all times treat all matters relating to the arbitration and the award as confidential. A party or any arbitrator shall not, without the prior written consent of the other party or the parties, as the case may be, disclose to a third party any such matter except:
2. For the purpose of making an application to any competent court;
   1. For the purpose of making an application to the courts of any State to enforce the award;
   2. Pursuant to the order of a court of competent jurisdiction;
   3. In compliance with the provisions of the laws of any State which is binding on the party making the disclosure; or
   4. In compliance with the request or requirement of any regulatory body or other authority which, if not binding nonetheless would be observed customarily by the party making the disclosure.

1. The Secretary General of the Centre shall fix the fees of the arbitral tribunal in accordance with the Schedule of Fees. As a general rule, the USD scale is intended to apply to international arbitrations whereas the JMD scale is intended to apply to domestic arbitrations.
2. The fees of the arbitral tribunal are inclusive of the Centre’s administrative costs. The Centre’s administrative costs shall be (20%) of the arbitral tribunal’s fees.
3. The Centre’s administrative costs shall be deducted from (and not added to) the arbitral tribunal’s fees.
4. The fees of the arbitral tribunal and the Centre’s administrative costs above may, in exceptional or unusual or unforeseen circumstances, be adjusted from time to time at the discretion of the Secretary General of the Centre.
5. For the purpose of calculating the amount in dispute, the value of any counterclaim and/or set-off will be added to the amount of the claim.
6. Where a claim or counterclaim does not state a monetary amount, an appropriate value for the claim or counterclaim shall be determined by the Secretary General of the Centre in consultation with the arbitral tribunal and the parties for the purpose of computing the arbitrator’s fees and the administrative costs.
7. Pursuant to Article 19 Rule 1 and 2 above, and from time to time thereafter, the Secretary General of the Centre shall notify and require the parties to each provide a deposit or further supplementary deposits towards the applicable fees and administrative costs.
8. The parties shall within 14 days of receipt of such requests pay such deposits directly to the Centre, providing that at no time shall the Centre request deposits which collectively surpass the fees applicable.

1. The Secretary General may apply the deposits towards the fees and expenses of the arbitral tribunal and the Centre’s administrative costs in such manner and at such times as the Secretary General thinks fit. Any interest which may accrue on such deposits shall be retained by the Centre.
2. If any party fails or refuses to pay its portion of the deposit or supplementary deposit as requested, the Centre shall so inform the parties in order that any other party may make the requested payment. If such a payment is then not made by the other party within 14 days of being informed by the Centre (and if no payment has been forthcoming from the defaulting party), the arbitral tribunal may at his exclusive discretion either:
   1. Proceed with the arbitration and the hearings and exercise a lien over the award until all payments of any outstanding deposit or supplementary deposit has been paid by the defaulting party or by any other party; or
   2. Suspend or terminate the arbitration proceedings or any part thereof until and unless all deposits requested has been paid by the defaulting party or by any other party.
3. Upon any award being published, the arbitral tribunal shall submit 5 sealed copies of the award with the Centre and notify the parties that either party may take up the award upon full settlement of the cost of the award to the Centre.
4. In the event of a mutual settlement of issues or disputes between the parties before the award is made, the parties shall be jointly and severally responsible to pay to the arbitral tribunal any outstanding sums towards the applicable fees including if any deposits paid prior to the mutual settlement, if any, are found to be insufficient to cover the applicable fees. This rule applies irrespective of whether or not a consent award is required to be made or delivered.
5. If the whole arbitration or any issue is settled at the pre-hearing stage reducing the quantum claimed, then the fee applicable is to be recalculated on the new quantum and 40% of the difference between the new applicable fees and the previous applicable fees becomes payable within 14 days. If the settlement occurs during the hearing or after the hearing but before the award, 80% of the applicable fee is payable or if an issue is settled reducing the quantum claimed then 80% of the difference between the new applicable fees and the previous applicable fees becomes payable within 14 days.
6. The parties shall remain jointly and severally liable to the Centre and the arbitral tribunal for payment of all fees and expenses until they have been paid in full even if the arbitration is abandoned, suspended or concluded, by agreement or otherwise before the final award is made.

Within 14 days of receipt of an award, any party upon written notice to the others may request the arbitral tribunal to correct any errors of computation, any clerical or typographical errors, slips or omissions in the award and the arbitral tribunal may within 14 days of receipt of the request make such corrections to the award. This does not prevent the arbitral tribunal of his or her own volition from making such limited corrections to the award within 21 days of the delivery of the award to the parties (or any party as the case may be). All corrections to the award shall be in writing and shall form part of the award.