This article discusses the types of non-participation that may arise in arbitrations and thus necessitate the exercise by arbitral tribunals of default powers to continue with references and make awards. It then discusses how default powers under arbitration rules should be exercised in accordance with the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) 2016 International Arbitration Practice Guideline, Party Non-Participation. The article is an edited version of a paper delivered at HKIAC on 31 May 2018 as part of the CIArb (East Asia Branch) CPD Seminar Series 2017-2018, ‘CIArb’s International Arbitration Practice Guidelines’.
Asian Dispute Review