DIFC-LCIA Arbitration - The Tribunal (2021 Rules) [Archived]
Overview
The DIFC-LCIA Arbitration Centre was dissolved in September 2021 as per Dubai Decree No. 34/2021. Its operations and assets have been emerged into a Dubai International Arbitration Centre (DIAC). Ownership of real estate, assets, funds, staff, financial allocations and membership base will also be transferred to the new Centre.
This Practice Note deals with the 2021 rules and procedures of the former DIFC-LCIA Arbitration Centre.
Practical Guidance
Nominating and appointing the tribunal
If the arbitration agreement or a subsequent agreement between the parties so provides, the parties to a DIFC-LCIA arbitration are free to nominate an arbitrator of their choice, either individually for a three-person tribunal or jointly if the arbitration agreement provides for a sole arbitrator to be nominated by the parties. There is no public list or database of arbitrators from which parties must choose, so they are free to pick whoever they consider to be most appropriate.