Nov 16, 2018 02:12:20 PM by Nathan I
What happens to the arbitration fee paid by the Arbitration Plaintiff if the Arbitration Respondent fails to file his or her portion of the fee? I have seen sone responses to questions about the arbitration process that the fee would be returned to the Arbitration Plaintiff, but I don’t see that anywhere in the text of the Fixed-Price Escrow Instructions.
Nov 16, 2018 03:42:13 PM by Kathy T
Nathan - If the dispute process esclates to arbitration and either the client or freelancer fails to respond/pay the arbitration fee, then the other party (who did pay the fee) will get that fee back plus all of the funds in escrow.
Nov 16, 2018 05:47:46 PM by Nathan I
Thank you. Is that stated somewhere in the actual Fixed-Price Escrow Instructions that I’m missing (or some other document)? Or is it just something that’s inferred based on the fact that the arbitration never took place under such a scenario?