The Appointor is usually a natural person but can be a company.

The appointor is usually required to appoint "an independent surveyor".

If the clause specifies the President as the appointor of the expert or arbitrator, it is thought that he must do so personally.

The power of appointment of the trustee of a discretionary trust is held by the Appointor.

The real power in relation to the control of the trust rests with the Appointor because of the ability to terminate the appointment of the trustee and appoint a different trustee.

Generally upon the death of the Appointor, in the absence of an alternate appointment in the trust deed,the personal legal representative (executor) of the Appointor becomes the Appointor.

If, for some reason the nominated appointor cannot or will not make an appointment, the court is likely to provide alternative machinery for determining the rent (Sudbrook Trading Estate Ltd v Eggleton [1982]3 All ER 1).

To such extent as the Directors may from time to time determine in relation to any committees of the Directors, the foregoing sentence shall also apply mutatis mutandis to any meeting of any such committee of which his appointor is a member.

If his appointor is for the time being absent from the United Kingdom or temporarily unable to act through ill-health or disability his signature to any resolution in writing of the Directors shall be as effective as the signature of his appointor.