DRA-3.1.14
(a) Despite other provisions of this Module, the Arbitration Committee:
(i) May conduct the arbitration in such manner as the chairman of the Arbitration Committee considers appropriate and has the power to adopt, whenever possible, a simplified or expedited procedure (including interim relief) and to conduct proceedings to ensure the just, expeditious, economical and final determination of the dispute; and
(ii) Shall ensure that the parties are treated with equality and that at any stage of the proceedings each party is given a full opportunity to present that party's case.
(b) The Arbitration Committee may decide whether to hold hearings for the presentation of evidence by witnesses, including expert witnesses, or for oral argument, or to conduct proceedings only on the basis of documents and other materials;
(c) All documents or information to be supplied to an Arbitration Committee shall be sent to the Arbitration Cell for transmission to the Arbitration Committee, save where documents or information are submitted during a hearing;
(d) All documents and information to be supplied to an Arbitration Committee shall be sent to the Arbitration Cell as follows:
(i) Where a party submits documents or information during a hearing, one copy shall be sent to the Arbitration Cell by that party immediately after the hearing; and
(ii) In all other cases, a party shall supply 2 sets of all documents or information to the Arbitration Cell ; and
(e) The Arbitration Committee may appoint any legally qualified person to advise the Arbitration Committee on any matter relating to the arbitration.
July 2010