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The inefficiency of efficiency tools: Safeguarding natural justice in arbitral award writing
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Fabricio Fortese’s article in Arbitration International addresses the point at which arbitral tribunals’ use of copied passages from the parties’ submissions, evidence and procedural orders in drafting awards can give rise to concerns about natural justice, authorship and the appearance of bias. It considers how indiscriminate ‘copy and paste’ may compromise the integrity of the arbitral process and discusses the standards applicable to these uncommon natural-justice objections.
Open original publication The inefficiency of efficiency tools: Safeguarding natural justice in arbitral award writing
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Whether copying parties’ submissions when preparing an arbitral award can constitute a breach of natural justice and support a challenge to the award’s validity.
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“The inefficiency of efficiency tools: safeguarding natural justice in arbitral award writing”
Arbitration International · 2026
DOI 10.1093/arbint/aiaf028
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