The Number and Composition of Arbitrators
The Georgian Law on Arbitration defines the arbitration as a body of one or more arbitrators and leaves the number to the parties: the number of arbitrators and the manner of their appointment are determined by the parties. As a rule the parties appoint an equal number of arbitrators, unless they have agreed otherwise.
Two special rules. If the arbitration agreement fixes an even number of arbitrators, the arbitrators already appointed are obliged, within 10 days of their appointment, to appoint one more arbitrator, unless the parties have agreed otherwise. If the number of arbitrators is not determined by the parties’ agreement at all, the arbitration must be composed of three arbitrators. Fixing the number in the clause pre-shapes the structure of the process.