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Florida International Commercial Arbitration Act

Florida · International Commercial Arbitration · §§ 684.0001 to 684.0049 · 49 sections

Overview

This act governs international commercial arbitration, defining the disputes it reaches, when an arbitration agreement must be given effect over a court proceeding, and how far courts may intervene in or assist the arbitral process. It sets out the mechanics of the tribunal itself — the number of arbitrators, their appointment, challenge, and replacement, the tribunal's authority to rule on its own jurisdiction, and its power to grant interim measures and preliminary orders subject to conditions such as security, disclosure, and liability for costs and damages, with defined grounds on which a court may refuse to recognize or enforce that relief. It also prescribes how the proceedings are conducted: equal treatment of the parties, procedural rules the parties may largely set for themselves, the place and language of the arbitration, pleadings, hearings, the consequences of a party's default, tribunal-appointed experts, court assistance in taking evidence, the law applied to the merits, and how a panel reaches its decision.

Editorial summary generated from the text of this act. It is not part of the statute — read the sections below for the operative language.

In the courts

Sections of this act have been cited in 2 court decisions.

Most-cited authority: 768 F. Supp. 2d 1237 - Costa v. Celebrity Cruises, Inc.

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