Just What the Tribunal Ordered – Or Was It? Western Australia Court of Appeal Upholds Finding That UNICITRAL Tribunal Rendered Itself Functus Officio

Oliver Cook co-authored this article with Liam McInerney (LK Law) published in the Wolters Kluwer: International Arbitration & Mediation concerning a decision in the Western Australia Court of Appeal to uphold that a UNICITRAL Tribunal rendered itself functus officio.

The decision confirms that under the Commercial Arbitration Act 2012 (WA), while arbitral tribunals are conferred competence to determine their own jurisdiction, courts retain authority to review questions of jurisdiction.