For anyone looking to include arbitration clause in agreements for arbitration in Malaysia, you may want to consider adopting the following model arbitration clause under the AIAC Arbitration Rules 2021:

“𝘈𝘯𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘦, 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘺, 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮 𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵, 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩, 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘰𝘧, 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘯-𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮𝘴, 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘥𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘐𝘈𝘊, 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘐𝘈𝘊 𝘈𝘳𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘙𝘶𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.”

The AIAC Arbitration Rules 2021 also recommend including the following clauses:

-𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘳𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 [𝘊𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺].
-𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘳𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭 [ ].
-𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 [ ].
-𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘸 𝘨𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 [ ].

Where the parties agree to expedited conduct of arbitral proceedings, the AIAC Arbitration Rules 2021 provide that the parties may consider including the following additional clause:

“𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘙𝘶𝘭𝘦 8 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘐𝘈𝘊 𝘈𝘳𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘙𝘶𝘭𝘦𝘴.”

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This post was first posted on Linkedin on 6 August 2021.