Stockholm Chamber Of Commerce To Provide Decisions On Arbitrator Challenges

The Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce has announced that it will provide reasons for its decisions on challenges to arbitrators, making it the third institution to do so.

From 1 January 2018, the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (SCC) will begin providing reasons for its decisions on challenges to arbitrators, joining the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), which was the first to do so in 2006, and the ICC International Court of Arbitration (ICC) that followed suit in 2015.

According to a release, the SCC Rules do not require the board to motivate any of its decisions, including those related to challenges. However, it has chosen to do so occasionally, in order to benefit parties and arbitrators.