论国际仲裁第三方资助费用担保中的资金困难

Research on the Impecuniosity of the Security for Costs in Third Party International Arbitration Funding

申请人资金困难是仲裁庭准予费用担保申请的关键考量因素。鉴于国际仲裁申请人使用第三方资助原因的多元化,仲裁庭不能仅凭申请人使用了第三方资助就推断其资金困难,而是需要进一步检查申请人使用第三方资助的真正原因。在申请人确因资金困难使用第三方资助的情况下,也不能直接作出费用担保命令,还需进一步检验第三方资助的使用有无改善申请人资金困难的状态。在资助者不支付败诉后的不利费用且有权随意终止资助的情形下,仲裁庭应准予费用担保申请,以保护被申请人胜诉后获得赔偿的权利。

Applicant’s impecuniosity is the key criteria for the issue of the security for costs by the arbitration tribunal.Because the cause of the third party funding in the international arbitration is diversed,the arbitration tribunal should not issue a security for costs order for the only reason that applicant is funded by a third party funder.The arbitration tribunal shall further assess the cause of the third party funding.In a case where the applicant is funded by a third party funder due to the impecuniosity,it shall also assess whether the funder ameliorates the status of the impecuniosity.If the funder does not bear the obligation to pay for the adverse costs when the cases fail,or the funder has the right to terminate the funding at will,the arbitration tribunal shall issue the order of the security for costs in order to protect the interests of the other party.