LAGOS STATE ARBITRATION LAW

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LIST OF LAWS OF LAGOS, [ALPHABETICAL]  

LAGOS STATE ARBITRATION LAW

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

1.     General Principles

2.     Application.

3.     Arbitration Agreement.

4.     Arbitration Agreement irrevocable except by agreement.

5.     Death of a Party.

6.-    Power to stay Proceedings and make Preservatory Order.

7.     Number of Arbitrators

8.     Appointment of Arbitrators.

9.     Umpire.

10.    Ground for Challenge

11.    Challenge of an Arbitrators Procedure

12.    Removal of an Arbitrator.

13.    Termination of Mandate.

14.    Registration

15.    Death of an Arbitrator.

16.    Cessation of Office of an Arbitrator.

17.    Appointment of Substitute Arbitrator.

18.    Immunity

19.    Jurisdiction.

20.    Substance of Dispute

21.    Power of issue Interim Measures

22.    Conditions for grant of Interim Measures.

23.    Application for Preliminary Orders.

24.    Specific procedure for Preliminary Orders.

25.    Interim Measures and Preliminary Orders by the Arbitral Tribunal.

26.    Provision of Security for Preliminary Order.

27.    Disclosure of. material change in circumstances.

28.    Costs and Interim Damages.

29.    Recognition and enforcement of Interim Measures by the Court.

30.    Grounds for refusing Recognition or Enforcement.

31.    Arbtral procedure.

32.    Commencement of arbitral proceedings.

33.    Place and Time of Arbitration.

34.    Equal treatment of parties.

35.    Application of Limitation Law to arbitral proceedings.

36.    Language of Arbitral Proceedings.

37.    Points of Claim and Defence.

38.    Power of Arbitral Tribunal

39.    Proceedings.

40.    Consolidation, Concurrent hearing and joinder of parties.

41.    Default of a Party.-(1) Unless otherwise agreed by the parties, if, without showing sufficient cause where-

42.    Power to appoint expert.

43.    Power to order attendance of witness.

44.    Decision making by Arbitral Tribunal.

45.    Settlement of Dispute

46.    Interest

47.    Form and contents of Award.

48.    Termination of proceedings.

49.    Notification.

50.    Correction and interpretation of an Award.

52.    Deposit of Costs.

53.    Security for costs.

54.    Joint liability

55.    Application for setting aside of Award

56.    Recognition and enforcement of Awards.

57.    Refusal of Recognition or Enforcement of Awards.

58.    Waiver of right to object.

59.    Extent of Court Intervention

60.    Exclusion of this Law

61.    Extent of Time

62.    Delivery and Receipt of written Communication.

63.    Interpretation.

64.    Citation and Commencement.

SCHEDULE

LAGOS STATE ARBITRATION LAW 2009

[COMMENCEMENT]                                                      (18th day of May 2009)               

ARBITRATION LAW

LAW TO PROVIDE FOR THE RESOLUTION OF DISPUTES BY ARBITRATION IN LAGOS STATE AND FORCONN’ECfED PURPOSES.

THE LAGOS STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY enacts as follows:  

1.     General Principles

The provisions of this Law are based on the following principles and shall be construed accordingly

a)     The object of arbitration is to obtain the fair resolution of disputes by an impartial Tribunal without unnecessary delay or expense;

(b)    Parties should be free to agree on how their disputes are resolved, subject only to such safeguards as are necessary in the public .interest; .

(c)    An Arbitration Agreement between parties for the settlement of any dispute shall be binding upon and enforceable against each of the parties unless the parties expressly agree otherwise at any time or the agreement is invalid, non-existent, ineffective or otherwise unenforceable; and

(d)    Parties, Arbitral Tribunals, Arbitral Institutions, Appointing Authorities and the Court shall do all things necessary for the proper and expeditious conduct of the arbitral proceedings.

LAWS OF LAGOS STATE

LAWS OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA