Pre-Arbitration Notice
Also known as Notice of dispute
A contractual requirement to notify the respondent and attempt informal resolution before filing.
Notice provisions require a claimant to send a written description of the dispute and wait out a defined period — often thirty or sixty days — before initiating arbitration. Drafted narrowly, notice is a legitimate settlement mechanism. Drafted as a series of individualised, strictly enforced formalities applied to thousands of claimants at once, it becomes a dismissal engine: every defective notice is a demand that never properly commenced.
See also
- Informal Resolution PeriodA mandatory waiting window between notice and the right to file.
- Evidentiary PreconditionA clause term requiring documentary proof of a claim before arbitration may be initiated.
- Claim SuppressionThe net effect of procedural requirements that deter, delay, or defeat claims regardless of merit.
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