Key legal question
Whether the arbitral tribunal wrongly deprived the appellant of the agreed recusal procedure by issuing the final award before the CCZ decided the recusal request.
Extracted holding
No. The tribunal retained power to issue the award; the pending recusal process did not suspend the arbitration absent a contrary rule, and the complaint did not establish a ground under Art. 190(2)(b) LDIP.
Extracted reasoning
A recusal request normally has no suspensive effect. The arbitrators’ simultaneous award and objection to recusal did not amount to an erroneous ruling on jurisdiction, and the Federal Court could review the recusal grounds itself.