The letter Accident Arbitration by James Naudi of Sliema (September 30) merits clarification.

Mr Naudi complains on a number of issues in the conduct of what he refers to as arbitration proceedings to which he was a party. Allow me to correct some misleading impressions Mr Naudi’s letter may have left.

Mr Naudi was not a party to an arbitration held in terms of the Arbitration Act and duly filed with the Malta Arbitration Centre. The provisions of the Arbitration Act (Chapter 387 of the Laws of Malta) ensure that arbitration cases filed with the Malta Arbitration Centre are conducted and decided in a just manner and in accordance with legal standards applicable in a court of law, including the taking of an oath by those giving evidence.

Furthermore, a party to an arbitration case filed with the Malta Arbitration Centre has the right to lodge an appeal to the Court of Appeal, Inferior Jurisdiction, against an arbitral award.

Unfortunately individuals, such as Mr Naudi, often choose to have their disputes decided by an informal and unregulated procedure with which the Arbitration Centre has no connection whatsoever and has certainly no control over. This fact should not be construed as a reflection on whether the decision in Mr Naudi’s case was just or otherwise.