Arbitrator and respondent's-dilatory tacticcs
shubhi
(Querist) 18 March 2017
This query is : Open
We are the Claimants in an Arbitration. Respondents have been under unauthorized possession of our very prime property since 2000(entered land under license from 1997-2000). We keep getting an extention from the court every three months to finish the arbitration but the Arbitrator and the Respondent are in no hurry to finish the arbitration as they have nothing to lose. They refuse to comply with any directions of the Arbitrator, even refuse to pay the Arbitrator and yet the Arbitrator says that he is POWERLESS to do anything coercive or even pass a punitive order since they won't pay up.Plus, the Arbitrator can't even pass an order directing an arrest warrant.
After 3 years of Arbitration, the Respondents have even filed an application in the court questioning the jurisdiction of the Arbitrator.
There doesn't seem to be an end in sight. What can be done? Is there nay way the Court can intervene and speed up things?
