Every arbitration starts with a question of how many arbitrators shall hear the dispute: a sole arbitrator or a tribunal of three arbitrators. Below I will outline the factors I use before answering this question in Gafta. When can a sole arbitrator be appointed? Under Gafta 125, when filing a notice of arbitration, the claimant has two options: to appoint an arbitrator to a tribunal of three or propose to the respondent that the dispute…
