Originally from: Soft Law in International Arbitration

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Preamble

1. This Protocol has two purposes. The first is to assist the arbitrators in
CPR or other tribunals (hereinafter “the arbitrators” or “the tribunal”) in
carrying out their responsibilities under Rule 11 of the CPR Rules by
setting out general principles for dealing with requests for the disclosure
of documents and electronic information2 and for establishing procedures
for the testimony of witnesses. The second purpose is to afford to the
parties to an arbitration agreement the opportunity to adopt, before or
after a dispute arises, certain modes of dealing with the disclosure of
documents and the presentation of witnesses, as they may select from
Schedules 1, 2 and 3.

2. The tribunal is encouraged to direct the attention of the parties to this
Protocol at the outset of the arbitration and to draw upon it in organizing
and managing the proceeding.

3. References to CPR Rules are to the CPR Non-Administered
Arbitration Rules effective November 1, 2007. However, arbitrators are
encouraged to draw upon this Protocol in organizing and managing
arbitrations under any of the CPR arbitration rules or under the rules of
any other institution.