The parties can provide for arbitration of future disputes
utilizing the dispute resolution services of CAMCA by inserting the
following clause into their contract:
Any dispute, controversy or claim arising out of or relating to
this contract, or the breach thereof, shall be finally settled by
arbitration administered by the Commercial Arbitration and
Mediation Center for the Americas in accordance with its rules and
judgment on the award rendered by the arbitrator(s) may be entered
in any court having jurisdiction thereof.
In the absence of a future dispute resolution clause in their
agreement, the parties may also submit an existing controversy to
arbitration under the auspices of CAMCA by using the following
agreement:
We, the undersigned parties, hereby agree to submit to
arbitration administered by the Commercial Arbitration and
Mediation Center for the Americas under its rules the following
dispute, controversy or claim: (cite briefly). We further agree
that we will faithfully observe this agreement and the rules, and
that a judgment on the award rendered by the arbitrator(s) may be
entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof.
The parties may wish to consider adding one or all of the
following to either of the above arbitration clauses:
(a) The number of arbitrators shall be (one or three);
(b) The place of arbitration shall be (city and/or country);
or,
(c) The substantive law applicable to the dispute shall be
____________.
(d) The language(s) of the arbitration shall be
____________.
In the alternative, a clause may also be inserted into a
contract that first provides for mediation under the CAMCA
Mediation Rules and, if the mediation is unsuccessful, for the
dispute to be arbitrated under the CAMCA Arbitration Rules. A
sample of such a clause is as follows:
The parties agree that they will endeavor to settle any dispute,
controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this contract,
which they are unable to settle through direct discussions, by
mediation administered by the Commercial Arbitration and Mediation
Center for the Americas under its rules before resorting to
arbitration. Thereafter, any dispute, controversy or claim arising
out of or relating to this contract shall be settled by arbitration
administered by the Commercial Arbitration and Mediation Center for
the Americas in accordance with its rules and judgment on the award
rendered by the arbitrator(s) may be entered in any court having
jurisdiction thereof. The requirement of filing a notice of claim
with respect to the dispute, controversy or claim submitted to
mediation shall be suspended until the conclusion of the mediation
process.
The parties agree that they will endeavor to settle any dispute,
controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this contract,
which they are unable to settle through direct discussions, by
mediation administered by the Commercial Arbitration and Mediation
Center for the Americas under its rules before resorting to
arbitration, litigation or other dispute resolution procedure. The
requirement of filing a notice of claim with respect to the
disputesubmitted to mediation shall be suspended until the
conclusion of the mediation process.
In the absence of a future dispute resolution clause in their
agreement, the parties may also submit an existing controversy to
mediation under the auspices of CAMCA by using the following
agreement:
We, the undersigned parties, hereby agree to submit to mediation
administered by the Commercial Arbitration and Mediation Center for
the Americas under its rules the following dispute, controversy or
claim: (cite briefly). The requirement of filing a notice of claim
with respect to the dispute, controversy or claim submitted to
mediation shall be suspended until the conclusion of the mediation
process.