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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.
Institutional and ad hoc inclusive
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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From detailed guidance on starting an arbitration, help with jurisdictional challenges, appealing and enforcing arbitral awards, to key information on major international arbitration rules, here's the place to start.
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Latest Arbitration News
This week's edition of Arbitration weekly highlights includes: coverage of arbitration-related decisions from England and Wales, the USA and the...
Morocco Very Young Arbitration Practitioners (Morocco VYAP) has announced that the official French translation of Dahir No 1-22-34 (Chaoual 1443 – 24...
Arbitration analysis: The Dubai Court of Cassation (‘DCC’) strictly enforced the arbitration clause contained in the articles of incorporation of the...
The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) has published its 2025 caseload statistics, reporting that as of 31 December...
Arbitration analysis: The decision of the Commercial Court (Mr Justice Trower ) in Seacrest Group Ltd v BCPR Pte Ltd included a number of findings...
Latest Arbitration Practice Notes
ADCCAC—the arbitral panelArbitration under the Abu Dhabi Commercial Conciliation & Arbitration Centre (ADCCAC) 2013 Procedural Regulations of...
Arbitrating under the ADCCAC Regulations 2013Background to the ADCCACThe Abu Dhabi Commercial Conciliation & Arbitration Centre (ADCCAC) is the...
Institutional versus ad hoc arbitration in construction disputesArbitration can be conducted under either self-administered ad hoc or institutional...
Artificial intelligence (AI) resource kitThis resource kit contains a list of the key practical guidance available across Lexis+® UK that deals with...
Rescission of a contractThis Practice Note considers the remedy of rescission, summarising when and how a contract may be rescinded (at common law,...
Latest Arbitration Precedents
Letter to opponent initiating appointment of sole arbitrator—proposing three candidates[Date][Respondent's Counsel][Address]Dear [insert organisation...
Declarations and undertakings—tribunal secretary (acceptance, independence, impartiality, confidentiality and availability)1I, [insert name], hereby...
Letter of declarations and undertakings—tribunal secretary I, [name of prospective Tribunal Secretary], hereby agree to serve as Tribunal Secretary to...
Resisting enforcement of a New York Convention award—draft orderFiled on behalf of the ClaimantWitness statement of [insert initial and surname of...
Arbitration—expert report[Title of the report]1[Name of arbitral institution (if any) and Case Number]2[Full details of the parties in the...
Latest Arbitration Q&As
Featured Arbitration content
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
Redfern schedule—arbitrationClaimant’s description of documentation requestedClaimant’s position on relevance and materialityRespondent’s response to...
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
Arbitration rules
The procedural rules in accordance with which an arbitration is conducted. The arbitration rules may be found in the arbitration law of the seat of the arbitration and/or any arbitration rules agreed to apply by the parties (such as the arbitration rules of the LCIA or HKIAC).
Bilateral Investment Treaty
A treaty between two states that seeks to encourage reciprocal investment by investors of those two states, including providing for rights and protections for foreign investors and investments, and how any disputes that may arise are to be resolved (often referred to as investor-state dispute settlement or ISDS).
The Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre
The Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre, an arbitral institution, based in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. HKIAC arbitrations are administered and conducted pursuant to the HKIAC arbitration Rules. The institution also provides services for ad hoc arbitrations.
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