Independence and Impartiality, Madrid International Arbitration Center Rules, Spain, Spanish Arbitration Law
The Standard of Independence and Impartiality under the Madrid International Arbitration Center Rules and the Spanish Arbitration Law: An Apparent Conflict
Enforcing standards on the independence and impartiality of arbitrators requires provisions allowing parties to challenge arbitrators. Traditionally, in jurisdictions that have based their provisions on the UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration (but not only these), such provisions have allowed parties to challenge arbitrators where they have ‘justifiable doubts’ as to the arbitrator’s impartiality…