Arb-Med Model Clause
Ensure an effective and proportionate respond if a dispute arises.
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Model clause for future disputes
Looking for a clause to insert in your next contract? Use our model clause to access arb-med if a dispute arise in the future.
Existing disputes
Parties to an existing dispute can still agree to refer it to arb-med. View the template of arb-med agreement down below.
Model clause for mediation under the BDT Arb-Med Rules
Arb-med is a hybrid dispute resolution process that combines the benefits of arbitration and mediation, including speed, procedural flexibility, confidentiality, choice of decision maker, ease of access to the tribunal, continuity, finality, and enforceability of the outcome.
The following arb-med clause should be included in contracts where the parties wish to have any future disputes resolved by Arb-Med under the Building Disputes Tribunal’s Arb-Med Rules:
“Any dispute or difference arising out of or in connection with this contract, or the subject matter of this contract, including any question about its existence, validity or termination, shall be referred to and finally resolved by arbitration in accordance with the Arb-Med Rules of the Building Disputes Tribunal.”
NOTE: parties to an existing dispute that have not incorporated the Building Disputes Tribunal Model Clause into a prior agreement may agree to refer that dispute to Arbitration under the Building Disputes Tribunal Arb-Med Rules by signing the Arb-Med Agreement in the form found at Appendix 2 to those Rules.
Got an existing dispute?
Parties to an existing dispute that have not incorporated the BDT Model Arb-Med Clause into a prior agreement may still agree to refer that dispute to arb-med under the BDT Arb-Med Rules by signing an agreement to refer their dispute to arb-med.
