Joinder Provision under the 2021 ICC Arbitration Rules: A Nail in the Coffin of Party Autonomy

Aarushi Gupta and Prajakta Pradhan[1]   Introduction Due to a rampant increase in international trade in recent years, multi-party and multi-contract disputes are now prevalent in international arbitration. The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) 2019 Dispute Resolution Stats[2] reveals that out of the 869 total cases filed in 2019, one third of them involved multi-party… More Joinder Provision under the 2021 ICC Arbitration Rules: A Nail in the Coffin of Party Autonomy