§ 53. Sir F. WISEasked the President of the Board of Trade how long is the Mixed Arbitral Tribunal likely to continue; and how many sittings do they have each month?
Mr. SAMUELThe answer is a long one, and perhaps my hon. Friend will agree to its being published in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Following is the answer:
§ It is not possible to state at the moment how long the Mixed Arbitral Tribunals constituted under the Economic Sections of the Treaty with Germany, Austria and Hungary are likely to continue, as this depends upon factors such as the withdrawal of cases, settlements out of Court and the submission of new cases, of which no estimate can be made beforehand. It is hoped that the Anglo-Bulgarian Mixed Arbitral Tribunal will complete its work very shortly. There arc three divisions of the Anglo-German Mixed Arbitral Tribunal. Two of these divisions sit in public to hear cases for a total of 24 days a month, excluding the legal vacations, and, in addition, meet almost daily on private deliberations on their cases. The other division sits daily and deals with eases for the most part by summary jurisdiction without public sittings. The second division also acts, with the substitution of one member, as the AngloAustrian, Anglo-Hungarian and AngloBulgarian Tribunals, whose sittings are determined by the number of the cases ready for hearing at any particular time.