Understanding Guerrilla Tactics in International Arbitration
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https://doi.org/10.12728/culj.5.4Abstract
This paper delves into some of the major inconveniences caused to the parties engaging in arbitration and seeks to analyze the causes of guerrilla tactics in particular, in order to devise the necessary framework required to control it. Arbitration for dispute resolution has become prominent in the recent times. However, a number of leading arbitrators and practitioners have described the continuing lack of ethical regulation as a potential crisis that threatens the legitimacy of international arbitration. This paper looks at how arbitration can be developed as a means of dispute resolution by providing a level playing field to its parties, thereby restoring its lost credibility. The paper also highlights the need to have an internationally approved code of conduct like the recent International Bar Association (IBA) guidelines, to curb guerrilla tactics in international arbitration.References
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