An arbitration agreement need not contain the word 'arbitration' (England and Wales Cricket Board v Danish Kaneria)

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• Practical implications
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Article summary

Cooke J found that the parties to a contract between a cricketer and the relevant cricket board provided for arbitration despite the agreement not containing the word ‘arbitration’ or ‘arbitrator’. He applied the test set out by Thomas J in Walkinshaw despite that test being obiter.