Adjustments to ICC Award Checklist

Following its introduction in 2010, the ICC Award Checklist has undergone some fine-tuning to give it greater effect. In the revised version, attention is drawn to a number of additional details considered to be important in giving ICC awards greater precision and completeness. The changes are listed below and the full text of the revised checklist may be found below.

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• In section 1 (General), arbitrators are reminded that they should specify which version of the ICC Rules of Arbitration applies to the proceedings. This is particularly necessary when a new version of the Rules is introduced. Arbitrators are also asked to specify clearly the ICC reference number assigned to the case.

• In section 2 (Identification of the parties, their representatives and the arbitrator(s)), arbitrators are requested to explain any differences between the parties to the arbitration and the parties to the contract(s).

• In section 4 (History of the arbitral proceedings), § F has been expanded and now recommends that arbitrators in all cases, and not only those in which the place of arbitration is Paris, fully recapitulate the time extensions granted by the ICC International Court of Arbitration for submitting the draft final award.

• In section 7 (Dispositive section, place of arbitration, date, signature), arbitrators are reminded, in § B, of the need to refer to the Terms of Reference and the parties' most recent requests when checking that all issues and claims have been properly covered. In § C, for the sake of completeness, they are asked to make it clear in final awards that all other claims are rejected.

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