Akwa Ibom Multi-Door Courthouse Procedure Rules, 2009

AKWA IBOM MULTI-DOOR COURTHOUSE PROCEDURE RULES, 2009

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred on me by Section 259 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999, I , Idongesit Ntem Isua, Chief Judge of the High Court of the Akwa lbom State make these Rules:

1. Akwa Ibom Multi-Door Courthouse Procedure Rules shall be the Rules to be followed in all Alternative Dispute Resolutions at the Akwa Ibom Multi-Door Courthouse.

2. The Akwa Ibom Multi-Door Courthouse Mediation and Arbitration Procedure Rules, 2008 are hereby amended.

3. A reference in these Rules to anything that was done under these Rules includes a reference to anything done before the commencement of these Rules under any enactment ceasing to have effect on the commencement of these Rules.

4. Where a matter arises in which no provisions or adequate provisions exist in these Rules, the Dispute Resolution Officer or a Neutral shall adopt a procedure as may aid in the effective resolution of the dispute before him.

5. These Rules maybe cited as Multi-Door Courthouse Procedure Rules, 2009.

6. All rules herein shall be interpreted and applied by the Akwa Ibom Multi-Door Courthouse.

7. In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires:

“ADR” means Alternative Dispute Resolution; it is any method of resolving a dispute by agreement rather than by an imposed binding decision.

“ADR Judge” is any Judge of the Akwa Ibom High Court who has been assigned by the Chief Judge as an Alternative Dispute Resolution Judge.

“Applicant” Means a person who files a Request for Alternative Dispute Resolution.

“Arbitral Tribunal” Is the panel that determines issues submitted by parties for arbitration

“Arbitration Agreement” Exists when contracting parties provides a clause in their contract mutually agreeing to submit any dispute from their contract to one or more impartial persons of their choice to reach a binding decision in such disputes.