Reasonable Doubts on Impartiality: The Chilean Court of Appeals Annuls an Arbitral Award Based on the Metadata of the PDF Document
The Chilean Court of Appeals (the “Court”) recently rendered a decision that underscores the importance of impartiality in domestic arbitration proceedings (the “Decision”). Particularly, the Court annulled an arbitral award after a disciplinary recourse was filed by the respondent against a sole arbitrator and granted for a reason which is highly unusual: the metadata of…