Arbitration under the Arbitration Act 1996

For parties and lawyers conducting arbitration proceedings seated in England and Wales or Northern Ireland (England is used here as a convenient shorthand) and/or seeking...

This Practice Note provides a quick guide to the arbitration process while recognising that there is no set framework or order for arbitration proceedings. For an...

This Practice Note considers appeals against arbitral awards on points (or questions) of law before the courts of England and Wales pursuant to section 69 of the...

This Practice Note considers how to apply for leave to appeal (or permission to appeal) an arbitration award on a point (or question) of law to the courts of England and...

Appealing arbitral awards on points of law Section 69 of the Arbitration Act 1996 (AA 1996) provides that parties to an arbitration seated in London may appeal any award...

In arbitration proceedings, questions of law are usually decided by the arbitral tribunal, subject to any right of appeal to the court pursuant to section 69 of the...

This Practice Note considers applications to remove arbitrators pursuant to section 24 of the Arbitration Act 1996 (AA 1996, s 24). Applying to court to remove an...

This Practice Note considers the appointment of the tribunal under the Arbitration Act 1996 (AA 1996). Under the AA 1996:AA 1996, s 15 • the parties are...

This Practice Note considers the bases on which a tribunal’s substantive jurisdiction can be challenged before an award is made pursuant to the Arbitration Act 1996 (AA...

Grounds of challenge or appeal against arbitration awards An arbitral award can be challenged or appealed under the Arbitration Act 1996 (AA 1996) only on...

Grounds for challenging jurisdiction by non–participation—AA 1996, s 72 Pursuant to section 72 of the Arbitration Act 1996 (AA 1996), a party who takes no part in the...

The tribunal's substantive jurisdiction Unless otherwise agreed by the parties, it is for the tribunal to rule on its own 'substantive jurisdiction' (section 30(1) of the...

For a general introduction to the three main heads of challenging or appealing an arbitral award under sections 67–69 of the Arbitration Act (AA 1996), see Practice Note:...

A party to arbitration proceedings may (on notice to the other parties and to the tribunal) apply to the court challenging an award in proceedings on the ground of...

This Practice Note deals with serious irregularity challenges where an arbitral award is obtained by fraud or the award or the way in which it was procured is contrary to...

Understanding costs The recovery of costs is an important part of most arbitrations. When considering applying to the tribunal for an award on costs, or resisting an...