LCAM Expedited Arbitration Rules (2022)

Produced in partnership with Kirtan Prasad of RPC and Shai Wade of RPC

Practice notes

LCAM Expedited Arbitration Rules (2022)

Produced in partnership with Kirtan Prasad of RPC and Shai Wade of RPC

Practice notes

Background

Several arbitral institutions and indeed even the UNCITRAL have in recent years developed expedited or fast track rules for low value disputes and for parties looking to avoid a lengthy arbitration process. Typically, these rules provide for the arbitral process to be conducted on a truncated timeline with a final award to be rendered within three or six months of commencement. For a general discussion on Expedited Rules, see Practice Note: Expedited (aka fast-track) arbitration.

This note considers LCAM’s Expedited Arbitration Rules (the Expedited Rules), which have been in force since 1 September 2022, see Practice Note: LCIA (2020)—guidance on creation of a fast-track procedure.

As Article 1.2 of the Expedited Rules state, they entail ‘…a complete stand-alone documents-only procedure for the resolution of disputes through arbitration by a sole arbitrator appointed by LCAM. The procedure administered by LCAM under the Rules is intended to be simple, expedited and cost effective’.

The LCAM Expedited Rules stand out from the crowd in the following respects:

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they are explicitly ‘documents

Kirtan Prasad

Solicitor, RPC

Kirtan is a Singapore, English and NY qualified commercial disputes lawyer with a specialism in international arbitration. She has been recognised as a Future Leader in Arbitration by Who's Who Legal and as a Rising Star in International Arbitration by the Legal 500 directory.

She practised in Singapore for a number of years before moving to London. Her experience includes disputes across a number of industry sectors, including finance, automobile manufacturing, hotel management and shipping. Her work has spanned both civil and common law jurisdictions, such as Japan, India, England, Indonesia, the UAE and the Netherlands, and under a range of arbitral rules, including the LCIA, ICC, SIAC, SCMA, DIAC and ICSID Rules.

Directory entries say: “She is one of the most intelligent young lawyers that I have worked with. Her drafting of case and witness statements in big-ticket arbitrations with utmost efficiency is a marvel to watch.” "Kirtan Prasad is very hardworking, has a head for detail, and is a strategic thinker." "Kirtan [is] one of the really up-and-coming names in international arbitration, who is definitely partner material."

Shai Wade

Solicitor, RPC

Shai is the Head of International Arbitration at City law firm RPC.

Co-author of the principal textbook commentary on LCIA Arbitration, "A Commentary on the LCIA Arbitration Rules", Shai is recognised as a Global Leader by Who's Who Legal: Arbitration, as a Leading Individual: International Arbitration by Legal 500 and a ranked International Arbitration Lawyer by Chambers and Partners.

Shai specialises in large-scale complex arbitration disputes in key industries such as, Oil and Gas, Energy, Telecoms, IT and International Trade, as well as in joint-venture and shareholder disputes and investor-state disputes.

Shai serves as arbitrator and as counsel under rules of the major arbitration institutions. As a young lawyer he served as a staff attorney to the Claims Resolution Tribunal for Dormant Accounts in Switzerland and later drafted the arbitration procedures for the appeals process of the International Commission on Holocaust Era Insurance Claims.

Jurisdiction(s):

United Kingdom

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