Abstract
The technology sector is going to produce new and different experts. These will include, but not limited to coding, technical development, artificial intelligence systems and infrastructure, robotics, critical and quantum technologies. Therefore, specialist experts are likely to be used during an arbitration. There may in fact be different experts required, to address issues related to the different sectors and cycles of the digital economy. That is, an expert in storage retention technology may have no expertise in coding. The role of experts in arbitration will be complex and challenging. This will particularly be the case where experts are drawn from the same entity, which may pose a conflict of interest. This chapter explores briefly some of the issues related to the use of experts in arbitration within the digital economy. It is anther area of vigilance for practitioners.
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- 1.
UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration 1985 (with amendments as adopted in 2006).
- 2.
International Arbitration 2022 - Exceptional Experts, https://www.financierworldwide.com/power-players-international-arbitration-2022-exceptional-experts#.Y-DG4y9r2CU.
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Professor Doug Jones, Redefining the role and Value of Expert Evidence, 2021, pp. 1–4 https://dougjones.info/content/uploads/2021/12/DJ-ICC-Expert-Evidence-Post-Conference-Updated-Chapter.pdf.
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Ibid. Also see Jones refers to Brooks W Daly and Fiona Poon, ‘Technical and Legal Experts in International Investment Disputes’ in Chiara Giorgetti (ed), Litigating International Investment Disputes (Brill, 2014) p. 323.
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Ibid.
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Ibid, p. 3.
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Ibid, para 6.
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Ibid, para 66.
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Secretariat Consulting Pte Ltd v A Company [2021] EWCA Civ 6, https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2021/6.html.
- 11.
Ibid, para 62.
- 12.
Ibid, para 125.
- 13.
International Arbitration Act 1974, https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2018C00439.
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Commercial Arbitration Act 1985, https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/c-34.6/fulltext.html.
- 15.
Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996, https://www.indiacode.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/1978/1/AAA1996__26.pdf Sects. 2 & 7.
- 16.
Arbitration Act 2005, http://www.arbiter.com.sg/pdf/laws/Malaysia%20Arbitration%20Act%202005%20(Revised%202011).pdf Sect. 2.
- 17.
Arbitration Act 2001, https://sso.agc.gov.sg/Act/AA2001.
- 18.
Arbitration act 1996, https://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1996/0099/latest/DLM403277.html.
- 19.
Arbitration Act 1965, https://www.gov.za/documents/arbitration-act-14-apr-1965-0000 Sect. 1.
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Arbitration Act 1940, https://www.ma-law.org.pk/pdflaw/Arbitration%20Act,%201940.pdf.
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The Center for International Investment and Commercial Arbitration, https://ciica.org/ciica-council/ Note, it is out of scope to examine arbitration institutional rules.
- 22.
Arbitration Act 1996, https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/23/contents.
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National Thermal Power Corporation Ltd. v. Wig Brothers Builders and Engineers Ltd., High Court of Delhi, India, 17 April 2009 [OMP 16/2003 [2009] INDLHC 1466],
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Ibid, paras 1, 2, 3.
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Ibid.
- 26.
Ibid, para 56.
- 27.
Ibid, para 60.
- 28.
Michael Polkinghorne, Karim Mariey, Tomas Vail, Expert Appointed by Arbitral Tribunal, In I Bantekas, P Ortolani, S Ali, M Gomez, M Polkinghorne, UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration: A Commentary, pp. 697–717.
- 29.
Ibid.
- 30.
Ibid.
- 31.
Ibid.
- 32.
Professor Dr. Nathalie Voser, Benjamin Gottlieb Swiss Supreme Court rejects challenge and reiterates principles of right to a tribunal appointed expert, 2017, https://www.swlegal.com/media/filer_public/b1/3f/b13f1645-9858-464c-a18f-4924a28e5154/2017_nathalie-voser_benjamin-gottlieb_swiss-su-4.pdf.
- 33.
Ibid.
- 34.
Ibid.
- 35.
Michael Polkinghorne, Karim Mariey, Tomas Vail, Expert Appointed by Arbitral Tribunal, In I Bantekas, P Ortolani, S Ali, M Gomez, M Polkinghorne, UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration: A Commentary, p. 717.
- 36.
Ibid.
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