Kluwer: Reasonable Doubts on Impartiality: The Chilean Court of Appeals Annuls an Arbitral Award Based on the Metadata of the PDF Document

Published on November 8, 2024

By Fernanda Montes (Cuatrecasas)

The Chilean Court of Appeals (the “Court”) recently rendered a decision that underscores the importance of impartiality in domestic arbitration proceedings (the “Decision”). Particularly, the Court annulled an arbitral award after a disciplinary recourse was filed by the respondent against a sole arbitrator and granted for a reason which is highly unusual: the metadata of...

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