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The Arbitration Act 1996
Get to know the Arbitration Act 1996 inside out with our guidance on all the key sections that make up the Act. Plus, we'll link them to commentary titles like Butterworths Challenges in Arbitration.
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Guidance on arbitration pursuant to the rules of leading arbitral institutions, associations and organisations including the ICC, LCIA, LMAA and SIAC.
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Detailed guidance on key tasks, processes and issues, including: remote hearings in international arbitration, cybersecurity and international arbitration, data protection/GDPR and arbitration.
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Latest Arbitration Practice Notes
Multi-party and multi-contract arbitration—an introductionThis Practice Note considers how some of the common challenges which can arise in disputes...
AA 1996—challenging the award—categories of serious irregularity (s 68)A party to arbitration proceedings may (on notice to the other parties and to...
AA 1996—appealing the award—questions of law versus questions of factAppealing arbitral awards on points of lawSection 69 of the Arbitration Act 1996...
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Damages experts in international arbitrationThis Practice Note provides practical guidance on the use of damages (or quantum) experts in international...
Latest Arbitration Precedents
Case study—application to set aside appointment of sole arbitrator (AA 1996, s 17)—acknowledgment of serviceIN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE BUSINESS AND...
Case study—commencement of arbitration and appointment of arbitrator (AA 1996, ss 14–18)—AA 1996, s 18 claim formFor the sample case study arbitration...
Case study—challenging jurisdiction by non-participation (AA 1996, s 72)—arbitration claim formFor the sample case study arbitration claim form, see...
Case study—commencement of arbitration and appointment of arbitrator (AA 1996, ss 14–18)—notice of arbitration and request to agree appointment of...
Letter to tribunal requesting corrections and an additional award under the Arbitration Act 1996, s 57(3)[Insert date][Insert names and addresses of...
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Ad hoc arbitration—an introduction to the key features of ad hoc arbitration
Ad hoc arbitration—an introduction to the key features of ad hoc arbitrationAn ad hoc arbitration is any arbitration in which the parties have not...
Institutional arbitration—an introduction to the key features of institutional arbitration
Institutional arbitration—an introduction to the key features of institutional arbitrationWhat is institutional arbitration?An institutional...
International arbitration—key differences between international and domestic arbitration
International arbitration—key differences between international and domestic arbitrationSTOP PRESS: This Practice Note is currently Under Review in...
Law of the arbitration proceedings—curial law or lex arbitri (England and Wales)
Law of the arbitration proceedings—curial law or lex arbitri (England and Wales)STOP PRESS: This Practice Note has been updated in light of the new...
Arbitral awards—types, requirements and effect
Arbitral awards—types, requirements and effectNote: some of the guidance in this Practice Note was developed from content originally produced in...
The seat of the arbitration
The seat of the arbitrationThis Practice Note considers the key concept of the seat of an arbitration, with a particular focus on the law of England...
Umbrella clauses in investment treaty arbitration
Umbrella clauses in investment treaty arbitrationWhat is an umbrella clause?An umbrella clause (known also as an umbrella agreement or an observance...
Arbitration—an introduction to the key features of arbitration
Arbitration—an introduction to the key features of arbitrationThis Practice Note provides an introduction to arbitration and its key features, with a...
Arbitration agreements—the doctrine of separability (England and Wales)
Arbitration agreements—the doctrine of separability (England and Wales)This Practice Note considers the doctrine of separability under the law of...
Partial awards in arbitration
Partial awards in arbitrationParties to an arbitration may wish to make an application to the arbitral tribunal for an award to be made on a specific...
Unilateral option clauses—an introduction
Unilateral option clauses—an introductionUnilateral option clauses definedUnilateral option clauses are dispute resolution clauses in agreements that...
Investment treaty arbitration—an introduction
Investment treaty arbitration—an introductionThis Practice Note provides an introduction to investment treaty arbitration.Broadly, an investment...
Remedies for breach of the arbitration agreement
Remedies for breach of the arbitration agreementAn arbitration agreement is evidence that the parties have consented to resolve the dispute by...
AA 1996—challenging and appealing arbitral awards in the English court
AA 1996—challenging and appealing arbitral awards in the English courtGrounds of challenge or appeal against arbitration awardsAn arbitral award can...
Maritime arbitration—an introduction
Maritime arbitration—an introductionMaritime arbitration is a recognised branch of dispute resolution in international trade and commerce.Maritime...
ICC (2021)—fees, advances and costs
ICC (2021)—fees, advances and costsCORONAVIRUS (COVID-19): Many arbitral organisations have responded to the coronavirus pandemic with practical...
Redfern schedule—arbitration
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Hong Kong—guide to the Arbitration Ordinance
Hong Kong—guide to the Arbitration OrdinanceScopeThe Arbitration Ordinance (Cap 609) (AO) applies to an arbitration under an arbitration agreement...
Associated legal terms
Arbitrator
A person appointed by or on behalf of the parties to an arbitration to resolve their dispute. An arbitrator may be the sole arbitrator in an arbitration or may be one of a panel of arbitrators (generally, three).
domestic arbitration
Concerned entirely with national or domestic issues, and all aspects of the arbitration proceedings relate to a single jurisdiction. For example, a commercial dispute between two English companies concerning a domestic supply contract governed by English law, seated in London, and conducted ad hoc in accordance with the provisions of the Arbitration Act 1996 (AA 1996)
Multilateral Investment Treaty
A treaty between more than two states (or groups of states) that seeks to encourage reciprocal investment by investors of the parties, including providing for rights and protections for foreign investors and investments, and how any disputes that may arise are to be resolved (aka investor-state dispute settlement or ISDS).
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