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The promise of arbitration has traditionally centred
upon a faster, more efficient, and less costly way of resolving
commercial disputes. The reality of arbitration proceedings,
however, does not always deliver on this promise.
Surveys conducted in recent years suggest that cost and delay are some of the
negative and discouraging characteristics of international
arbitration. They also show a commercial imperative to simplify the
arbitral processes, including in particular for lower-value
claims.
The findings, whilst perhaps not entirely surprising, have
alarmed the arbitration community. Helpfully, however, a number of