Once the Parties are in agreement, the Registrar shall present them with a list of Arbitrators from which to select their preferred Arbitrator. Once the Arbitrator is selected the Registrar shall issue the respective invoices pertaining to the services of the appointed Arbitrator.
Should the Parties for whatever reason not reach an agreement as to the appointment of a specific Arbitrator, within 5 (five) working days from the date the list is presented to them, the Registrar then reserves the right to select and appoint an Arbitrator on behalf of the Parties to hear the matter.
Only once the agreed upon fees have been paid will the Registrar allocate a hearing date to the Parties.
The hearing shall be held by means of an online video conferencing tool hosted, set up and managed by the Platform unless otherwise instructed by the Registrar.
Arbitrators registered on the ADR ACCESS platform shall be requested to sign a declaration that they shall immediately, upon receiving and accepting an appointment to hear a specific matter from the Platform, inform the Registrar in writing, if they are aware of any circumstances or might reasonably that could give rise to any justified doubts as to his independence or impartiality to act as an Arbitrator.
The Arbitrator shall have the widest discretion and powers allowed by law to ensure the just, expeditious, economical and final determination of all the disputes raised in the proceedings, including the matter of costs, in terms of the ADR ACCESS Rules and/or where these Rules are silent in any way.