These Rules are intended to assure expeditious completion of the process, consistent with giving each party adequate opportunity to prepare and present its case. The Rules specify time limits for certain phases of the process and require the Tribunal to establish time limits for other phases and to enforce time limits, subject to extension for good cause. Parties adopting these Rules consider it a fundamental condition of their agreement to arbitrate and rather than litigate, that the proceeding be conducted in this manner.
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