Summary

The Law of Arbitration sets out the South African common law, legislation and case law applicable to each stage of the arbitration cycle, including the arbitration agreement, the staying of court proceedings, the appointment of and challenges to the arbitrators, the pleadings and arbitration proceedings, the arbitration award and court intervention. A brief overview of alternative dispute resolution approaches and the different forms of arbitration is provided as a contextual introduction. The book draws extensively from the UNCITRAL Model Arbitration Law (MAL) and from international case law. There has been almost universal adoption of arbitration as the preferred dispute resolution mechanism for international contracts and rapid convergence of the international law of arbitration, as many countries have adopted the Model Law either in full or in part. Important local and international arbitration legislation and texts are included as appendices.