Pakistan needs trained arbitrators

Abstract

Arbitration is being relied on widely in every jurisdiction and these jurisdictions are reaping the benefits therefrom. Pakistani legal and cultural landscape also demonstrates the acceptability of arbitration as a method of dispute resolution. However, arbitration could not create its impact in Pakistan as it has done in other jurisdictions. The reason for this, among others, is that the arbitrator who decides the disputes between the parties is not trained. Arbitration by an untrained arbitrator does not make arbitration successful in that it gives birth to litigations in the court which is clear from the case Pakistani courts are dealing with arbitrator’s misconduct, procedural issues emerging from arbitration which are also used to challenge the arbitral award. These litigations can be avoided if the arbitrators are trained and educated and could very skillfully avoid these issues while conducting the arbitration.