Electronic Filing

4.1 Unless prohibited by the law of the seat of the arbitration, or otherwise agreed to by the parties, at the option of the filing party, the Request for Arbitration may be filed with the Administrator in electronic form with the requisite number of paper copies sent on the same date by courier service, facsimile or post.

4.2 All communications and filings in the arbitration may, upon agreement of the parties or by order of the arbitrator or arbitrators (“Tribunal”), be accomplished electronically.

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The party initiating the mediation shall simultaneously notify the other party or parties of the request.

The initiating party shall provide the following information to the BRPMA and the other party or parties as applicable:

 a copy of the mediation provision of the parties’ contract or the parties’ stipulation to mediate; 

 the names, regular mail addresses, email addresses, and telephone numbers of all parties to the dispute and representatives, if any, in the mediation;

 a brief statement of the nature of the dispute and the relief requested;

 any specific qualifications the mediator should possess

mediators are required to make a reasonable inquiry to determine whether there are any facts that a reasonable individual would consider likely to create a potential or actual conflict of interest for the mediator

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