Expert Determination. If the dispute is not resolved under clause 10.3 or clause 10.5, or the parties otherwise agree that the dispute may be resolved by expert determination, the parties may refer the dispute to an expert, in which event:
Expert Determination. If a Dispute relates to any aspect of the technology underlying the provision of the Goods and/or Services or otherwise relates to a financial technical or other aspect of a technical nature (as the Parties may agree) and the Dispute has not been resolved by discussion or mediation, then either Party may request (which request will not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) by written notice to the other that the Dispute is referred to an Expert for determination. The Expert shall be appointed by agreement in writing between the Parties, but in the event of a failure to agree within ten (10) Working Days, or if the person appointed is unable or unwilling to act, the Expert shall be appointed on the instructions of the relevant professional body. The Expert shall act on the following basis: he/she shall act as an expert and not as an arbitrator and shall act fairly and impartially; the Expert's determination shall (in the absence of a material failure to follow the agreed procedures) be final and binding on the Parties; the Expert shall decide the procedure to be followed in the determination and shall be requested to make his/her determination within thirty (30) Working Days of his appointment or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter and the Parties shall assist and provide the documentation that the Expert requires for the purpose of the determination; any amount payable by one Party to another as a result of the Expert's determination shall be due and payable within twenty (20) Working Days of the Expert's determination being notified to the Parties; the process shall be conducted in private and shall be confidential; and the Expert shall determine how and by whom the costs of the determination, including his/her fees and expenses, are to be paid.
Expert Determination. Unless otherwise agreed between the parties, to the extent the dispute or difference is in relation to a direction of the Contract Administrator under one of the clauses specified in the Contract Particulars and is not resolved within 14 days after a notice is given under clause 15.1, the dispute or difference must be submitted to expert determination. The Expert The expert determination under clause 15.2 is to be conducted by: the independent industry expert specified in the Contract Particulars; or where no such independent industry expert is specified or paragraph (b) applies, an independent industry expert appointed by the person specified in the Contract Particulars. If the expert appointed under clause 15.3: is unavailable; declines to act; does not respond within 14 days to a request by one or both parties for advice as to whether he or she is able to conduct the determination; does not enter into the Expert Determination Agreement or other agreement in accordance with clause 15.9(b) within 14 days of his or her appointment under clause 15.3; or does not make a determination within the time required by clause 15.8, the jurisdiction of the expert shall lapse and a further expert must be appointed under paragraph (a). If there has been an appointment under paragraph (a) and one of the events in paragraph (b) has occurred, the further expert appointed under paragraph (a) shall not be an expert previously appointed under paragraph (a) in respect of the same dispute or difference. Not Arbitration An expert determination conducted under clause 15 is not an arbitration and the expert is not an arbitrator. The expert may reach a decision from his or her own knowledge and expertise. Procedure for Determination The expert will: act as an expert and not as an arbitrator; proceed in any manner he or she thinks fit; conduct any investigation which he or she considers necessary to resolve the dispute or difference; examine such documents, and interview such persons, as he or she may require; and make such directions for the conduct of the determination as he or she considers necessary. Disclosure of Interest The expert must: disclose to the parties any: interest he or she has in the outcome of the determination; conflict of interest; conflict of duty; personal relationship which the expert has with either party, or either party's representatives, witnesses or experts; and other fact, matter or thing which a reasonable person may regard as giving rise to the possi...
Expert Determination. If a Dispute is referred under this agreement to proceed to expert determination, then the following provisions apply:
Expert Determination. 3.1 If the Parties are unable to settle the Dispute through mediation, then either Party may give written notice to the other Party within 10 Business Days of closure of the failed mediation of its intention to refer the Dispute to expert determination. The Expert Determination Notice must include a brief statement of the issue or issues which it is desired to refer, the expertise required in the expert, and the solution sought.
Expert Determination. 41.5.1 For a Dispute on any decision referred to an expert the Parties hereby agree that such decision shall be conducted expeditiously by an expert selected unanimously by the Parties to the Dispute. The expert is not an arbitrator and shall not be deemed to be acting in an arbitral capacity. The independent expert shall have an established reputation in the international petroleum industry as an expert on the matter in dispute and shall not at the time of the Dispute be engaged by any Party for work other than as the expert. The Party desiring an expert determination shall give the other Party written notice of the request for such determination. If the Parties to the Dispute are unable to agree upon an expert within twenty (20) Days after receipt of the notice of request for an expert determination, then, upon the request of any of the parties to the Dispute, the International Centre for Expertise of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) shall appoint such expert and shall administer such expert determination through the ICC’s Rules for Expertise. The expert, once appointed, shall have no ex parte communications with any of the parties to the Dispute concerning the expert determination or the underlying Dispute. Any hearing with an expert determination shall take place in The Hague, the Netherlands, unless the parties agree otherwise. All Parties agree to cooperate fully in the expeditious conduct of such expert determination and to provide the expert with access to all facilities, books, records, documents, information and personnel necessary to make a fully informed decision in an expeditious manner. Each Party shall prepare and exchange a written position paper setting 106 out its positions with respect to the Dispute. Each Party shall also prepare and exchange a written response to the other Party’s position paper. The position papers and responses may be accompanied by data and information in the submitting Party’s discretion. Before issuing his final decision, the expert shall issue a draft report and allow the Parties to the Dispute ten (10) Days to comment on it. The expert shall endeavor to resolve the Dispute within sixty (60) Days (but no later than ninety (90) Days) after receipt of each Party’s written response to the other Parties’ position paper taking into account the circumstances requiring an expeditious resolution of the matter in dispute. The expert’s decision shall be final and binding on the Parties to the Dispute unless chal...
Expert Determination. Where any matter is referred to an Expert pursuant to clause 8.2 or otherwise in accordance with the terms of this Agreement then the following provisions of this clause 8.3 will apply:
Expert Determination. If the Parties are unable to agree pursuant to § 16.1 (Change in Law), then either Party may refer the issue for determination by an Expert to determine the amendments which should be made to this Agreement as are necessary to achieve the economic intent of this Agreement as of the Signature Date.
Expert Determination. If the dispute is not resolved within fourteen (14) days after a notice is given under Section 8.I.1 above, the dispute maybe submitted, by the party raising it, to an expert determination, by an industry expert agreed by the parties, or, if no agreement is reached within twenty one (21) days of the notice under Section 8.I.1 above, appointed by the President of Building Owner’s and Manager’s Association “BOMA”, or if it no longer exists such organization which most closely fulfils the functions which were carried out by BOMA. If an expert appointed under this Section 8.I.2: becomes unavailable prior to giving his or her determination; or otherwise does not give his or her determination within the time required by Section 8.I.3; this Section 8.I.2 will reapply.
Expert Determination. 19.2.1 In the event of a Dispute between the Parties regarding any technical matter, including matters relating to metering and measurement, the Parties hereby agree that, upon the request of either Party, such Dispute shall be submitted to an Expert pursuant to this Clause 19.2.
