Chartered status represents excellence in practice. A Chartered Arbitrator is a Fellow who has demonstrated the consistent application of the knowledge, skills and attributes required by the ADR competence framework in their ongoing practice as an arbitrator.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible to apply for Chartered Arbitrator status, an applicant must be an existing Ciarb Fellow and have:
- Completed a minimum of fifteen (15) difficult and complex cases as an arbitrator in the last ten (10) years*; and
- Managed at least three (3) hearings as an arbitrator in the capacity as sole arbitrator or chair**; and
- Made a significant contribution to the field of arbitration and /or the standing or arbitrators, Ciarb and its members.***
* A completed arbitration is defined as one that resulted in a reasoned award on some or all of the merits of the dispute. Difficulty and complexity are relative concepts and will be a matter for the Chartered Selection Group (CSG) to decide.
** Exceptions to the requirement for hearing experience may be made at the discretion of the CSG for those with practices that are solely document-only, as long as the complexity and difficulty of the cases listed can be explained and demonstrated to meet the standards of excellence required.
*** Contribution to the development of arbitration or the work of Ciarb include research, writing and lecturing; voluntary service to Headquarters and to the Branches; and promoting the use and benefits of arbitration, including contributing to legislative reform that is designed to increase or improve the use of arbitration; and supporting others to progress (for example by mentoring or providing shadowing opportunities). It needs to be understood that these criteria alone would not suffice to qualify a candidate to be awarded C.Arb status.
Application Process
Applications are currently closed for Chartered Arbitrator. Details of the next application window will be published to this page in due course.