8 Powers of court
and inspection of property, interim injunctions and the appointment
of receivers are the same in arbitrations as in court actions.
(2) On the application of the arbitral tribunal, or on a party's
application with the consent of the other parties or the arbitral
tribunal, the court may determine any question of law that arises
during the arbitration.
(3) The court's determination of a question of law may, with the
permission of the Court of Appeal, be appealed to the Court of
Appeal.
(4) On the application of all the parties to more than one
arbitration, the court may order, on terms that it considers just,
(a) that the arbitrat ions be consolidated,
(b) that the arbitrations be conducted simultaneously or
consecutively, or
(c) that any of the arbitrations be stayed until any of the ot hers
are completed.
(5) When the court orders that arbitrations be consolidated, it may
appoint an arbitral tribunal for the consolidated arbitration, and if
all the parties agree as to the choice of the arbitral tribunal, the
court shall appoint that arbitral tribunal.
RSA 2000
(6) Subsection (4) does not prevent the parties to more than one
arbitration from agreeing to consolidate the arbitrations and doing
everything necessary to effect the consolidation.
RSA 2000 cA-43 s8;2014 c13 s15