Arbitration clause in agreements

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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:

โ€œ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜บ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜บ, ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฎ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต, ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ, ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง, ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜บ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ-๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ด, ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ˆ๐˜๐˜ˆ๐˜Š, ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ˆ๐˜๐˜ˆ๐˜Š ๐˜ˆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜™๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ.โ€

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

-๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ [๐˜Š๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ, ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜บ].
-๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ [ ].
-๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ [ ].
-๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ธ ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ [ ].

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

โ€œ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜—๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜›๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฌ ๐˜—๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜™๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ 8 ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ˆ๐˜๐˜ˆ๐˜Š ๐˜ˆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜™๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด.โ€

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

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