The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) produced and published in August 2014 a set of international commercial Dispute Board rules. Although a variety of Dispute Board rules already existed, they only focused on the construction industry. In addition, some rules are drafted as an integral part of a standard form contract while others can be incorporated. The new CIArb rules can now be used on any medium- or long-term project, whether construction, IT, commercial or otherwise.
An Overview of the CIArb Dispute Board Rules
This paper seeks to trace briefly the development of dispute board rules and outline some of the key issues in relation to the rules that might be commonly encountered.