Arbitration and Business Contract Legal Services

What happens when your contract has an arbitration clause, but the other party refuses to appoint an arbitrator or respond to your notice? I explain how you can approach the High Court under Section 11 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act to have an arbitrator appointed and get the proceedings started.

This Supreme Court ruling is a critical reminder for all business partners. If your partnership firm is not registered, you cannot sue your other partners to enforce your contractual rights. I explain why registering your partnership firm under the Indian Partnership Act, 1932 is essential to protect your legal standing.

This legal update from the Delhi High Court clarifies a key procedural point in arbitration. Any objections about a party's capacity to initiate arbitration must be raised before the arbitral tribunal itself, not in court during the appointment of the arbitrator. The court's role is limited to confirming the existence of an arbitration agreement.

The Supreme Court has clarified that if a party abuses the legal process to force another into arbitration unnecessarily, the arbitral tribunal can impose the full costs of the proceedings on the abusive party. This ruling helps prevent harassment and ensures arbitration is used fairly.

This is a legal update regarding a Supreme Court ruling on arbitration. The court has empowered the arbitral tribunal to impose costs on any party that misuses the court's limited jurisdiction to wrongfully compel another party to participate in arbitration, balancing judicial non-interference with fairness.