SOUTH AFRICA Law and Practice Contributed by: Jonathan Ripley-Evans, Fiorella Noriega Del Valle, Contents 1. General p.881 1.1 Prevalence of Arbitration p.881 1.2 Key Industries p.881 1.3 Arbitration Institutions p.882 1.4 National Courts p.882 2. Governing Legislation p.882 2.1 Governing Law p.882 2.2 Changes to National Law p.882 3. The Arbitration Agreement p.883 3.1 Enforceability p.883 3.2 Arbitrability p.883 3.3 National Courts’ Approach p.883 3.4 Validity p.884 4. The Arbitral Tribunal p.884 4.1 Limits on Selection p.884 4.2 Default Procedures p.884 4.3 Court Intervention p.884 4.4 Challenge and Removal of Arbitrators p.885 4.5 Arbitrator Requirements p.885 5. Jurisdiction p.885 5.1 Challenges to Jurisdiction p.885 5.2 Circumstances for Court Intervention p.886 5.3 Timing of Challenge p.886 5.4 Standard of Judicial Review for Jurisdiction/ Admissibility p.886 5.5 Breach of Arbitration Agreement p.886 5.6 Jurisdiction Over Third Parties p.886 6. Preliminary and Interim Relief p.887 Veronica Connolly and Kyle Melville Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
Botswana
Mozambique
Namibia
Pretoria
Eswatini
Lesotho
Republic of South Africa
7. Procedure p.888 7.1 Governing Rules p.888 7.2 Procedural Steps p.888 7.3 Powers and Duties of Arbitrators p.889 7.4 Legal Representatives p.889 8. Evidence p.889 8.1 Collection and Submission of Evidence p.889 8.2 Rules of Evidence p.890 8.3 Powers of Compulsion p.891 9. Confidentiality p.891 9.1 Extent of Confidentiality p.891 10. The Award p.892 10.1 Legal Requirements p.892 10.2 Types of Remedies p.892 10.3 Recovering Interest and Legal Costs p.892 11. Review of an Award p.893 11.1 Grounds for Appeal p.893 11.2 Excluding/Expanding the Scope of Appeal p.893
11.3 Standard of Judicial Review p.893 12. Enforcement of an Award p.894 12.1 New York Convention p.894 12.2 Enforcement Procedure p.894 12.3 Approach of the Courts p.895 13. Miscellaneous p.896 13.1 Class Action or Group Arbitration p.896 13.2 Ethical Codes p.896 13.3 Third-Party Funding p.896 13.4 Consolidation p.896 13.5 Binding of Third Parties p.897
6.1 Types of Relief p.887 6.2 Role of Courts p.887 6.3 Security for Costs p.888
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