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Commercial Arbitration Act 2013
sec.24BGeneral duties of parties
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### sec.24B General duties of parties
The parties must do all things necessary for the proper and expeditious conduct of the arbitral proceedings.
Without limitation, the parties must—
comply without undue delay with any order or direction of the arbitral tribunal with respect to any procedural, evidentiary or other matter; and
take without undue delay any necessary steps to obtain a decision (if required) of the Court with respect to any function conferred on the Court under section 6 .
A party must not wilfully do or cause to be done any act to delay or prevent an award being made.
There is no equivalent of this section in the Model Law.
(sec.24B-ssec.1) The parties must do all things necessary for the proper and expeditious conduct of the arbitral proceedings.
(sec.24B-ssec.2) Without limitation, the parties must— comply without undue delay with any order or direction of the arbitral tribunal with respect to any procedural, evidentiary or other matter; and take without undue delay any necessary steps to obtain a decision (if required) of the Court with respect to any function conferred on the Court under section 6 .
(sec.24B-ssec.3) A party must not wilfully do or cause to be done any act to delay or prevent an award being made. There is no equivalent of this section in the Model Law.
- (a) comply without undue delay with any order or direction of the arbitral tribunal with respect to any procedural, evidentiary or other matter; and
- (b) take without undue delay any necessary steps to obtain a decision (if required) of the Court with respect to any function conferred on the Court under section 6 .