The president should present his or her approach to deliberation and find common…
In many cases the exchange of views among arbitrators will have started before the…
Because such a continuous exchange is not always possible, the president should not…
In other cases the first real discussion among arbitrators would take place at the…
The president would generally set a date in advance with a number of fall-back dates…
Whether it is appropriate for the president to send a draft award prior to the deliberation…
The president should keep an orderly track of all communications made to the coarbitrators…
Whether a deliberation takes place gradually or in one face-to-face meeting, it is…
The deliberation should be both a presentation by each arbitrator of his or her views…
Whereas it is for the president to convene the deliberation meeting, organise and…
The president may wish to consider whether providing a summary of the parties’ respective…
The objective is to find the right decision on the merits based on the evidence,…
The decision may or may not be unanimous. Agreement is preferable in principle(43).…
The president may strive to seek common ground especially where there is a substantial,…
Where the dissent appears to be based on a partial or otherwise flawed assessment…
It is essential that the president should maintain all communications, whether in…
The draft award and the dissenting opinion may be amended during the deliberation…
The president may be in the minority (an infrequent occurrence), but then he or she…
The deliberation may continue after the first draft award has been produced even…
In other cases, the deliberation will have to be supplemented for even more important…
It is for the president to bring the deliberation to an end(49)…
