Key legal question
Whether the arbitral tribunal committed a denial of justice by not formally deciding the request to join two parallel arbitrations and reopen the proceedings.
Extracted holding
No. The request had in fact been refused by the tribunal; in any event, any procedural defect was waived because it was not raised immediately.
Extracted reasoning
The tribunal's letter of 22 February 2002 expressed the tribunal's refusal to reopen the proceedings. The appellant remained silent until after the final award, contrary to good faith and the UNCITRAL waiver rule.