New Jersey § 2a:23b-11
Full text of New Jersey New Jersey Statutes § 2a:23b-11, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 2a:23b-11.
a. If the parties to an agreement to arbitrate agree on a method for appointing an
arbitrator, that method shall be followed, unless the method fails. If the parties have not agreed on a method, the agreed method fails, or an arbitrator
appointed fails or is unable to act and a successor has not been appointed, the court,
on application of a party to the arbitration proceeding, shall appoint the arbitrator. An arbitrator so appointed has all the powers of an arbitrator designated in the
agreement to arbitrate or appointed pursuant to the agreed method. b. An individual who has a known, direct, and material interest in the outcome of
the arbitration proceeding or a known, existing, and substantial relationship with
a party may not serve as an arbitrator required by an agreement to be neutral. c. An individual who has a known, direct, and material interest in the outcome of
the arbitration proceeding or a known, existing, and substantial relationship with
a party may not serve as a party arbitrator if such information has not been disclosed
pursuant to section 12 of this act. 1 d. An individual appointed as a party arbitrator may be predisposed toward the appointing
party. From and after the commencement of an arbitration, an arbitrator shall act in good
faith and exercise the arbitrator's responsibilities in a manner consistent with the
authority placed in the arbitrator by the courts of this State and this act. 1
N.J.S.A. § 2A:23B-12.
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