MODEL ARBITRATION CLAUSE FOR
INTERNATIONAL CONTRACTS
Parties who agree to arbitrate under the BCICAC
Rules, and to have the BCICAC act as appointing authority to
provide administrative services, may use the following
clause:
"All disputes arising out of or in connection
with this contract, or in respect of any defined legal relationship
associated therewith or derived therefrom, shall be referred to and
finally resolved by arbitration under the International Commercial
Arbitration Rules of Procedure of the British Columbia
International Commercial Arbitration Centre.
The appointing authority shall be the British
Columbia International Commercial Arbitration Centre.
The case shall be administered by the British
Columbia International Commercial Arbitration Centre in accordance
with its Rules.
The place of arbitration shall be Vancouver,
British Columbia, Canada."
The following matter also should be considered
by parties for inclusion in the arbitration provisions of
contracts:
- governing or proper law;
- procedural law;
- number of arbitrators;
- specific qualifications of the arbitrators or
a presiding arbitrator including, but not limited to, language,
technical training;
- language or languages of the
arbitration.
Mediation Clause
The parties agree to attempt to resolve all
disputes arising out of or in connection with this contract, or in
respect of any legal relationship associated with it or from it, by
mediated negotiation with the assistance of a neutral person
appointed by the British Columbia International Commercial
Arbitration Centre administered under its Mediation
Rules.