1. By letter to the Tribunal dated 25 September 2012, the Claimant applied for an order directing the Respondent to grant the Claimant’s industry and damages experts’ immediate access to the site of the former quarry that is the subject of this arbitration for the purposes of conducting a site inspection (“Application”). 

2. By separate email to the Tribunal of 26 September 2012, the Claimant indicated that his counsel and expert team wished to visit the quarry site on Sunday, 30 September or Monday, 1 October 2012 and therefore requested that the Tribunal rule on the Application as a matter of urgency. 

3. In accordance with the Tribunal’s directions, the Respondent subsequently filed a response by letter to the Tribunal dated 27 September 2012 (“Response”), and the Claimant filed a reply by letter to the Tribunal dated 28 September 2012 (“Reply”).