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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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Byfield Consultancy has published a report titled, ‘Who Speaks For Arbitration,” examining the growing public criticism of international arbitration...
The American Arbitration Association–International Centre for Dispute Resolution (AAA-ICDR) has announced the establishment of a new international...
The German Institution of Arbitration (DIS) has published its 2025 caseload statistics, reporting an increase in the number of proceedings alongside a...
The Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (SCC) has published a new practice note reviewing 51 cases of insurance-related arbitrations administered between...
Dispute Resolution analysis: An application for security for costs was made in circumstances where the claimant tried to enforce arbitration awards...
Latest Arbitration Practice Notes
What is the Model Law?As the name suggests, the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Model Law on International Commercial...
This Practice Note sets out the requirements for witness statements for use at trials in the Business and Property Courts signed on or after 6 April...
ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained. This Practice Note focuses on the implications for dispute resolution in the...
This Practice Note provides an overview of retained EU law as it applied from 2021–23, including the key definitions and concepts with reference to...
The UK’s formal withdrawal from the EU took effect at 11 pm on 31 January 2020 (exit day). At this point, the withdrawal period under Article 50 TEU...
Latest Arbitration Precedents
1I, [insert name], hereby agree to serve as Tribunal Secretary to the Arbitral Tribunal [insert details] in the arbitration case [insert case name]...
I, [name of prospective Tribunal Secretary], hereby agree to serve as Tribunal Secretary to the Arbitral Tribunal [name of Arbitral Tribunal] in the...
PROCEDURAL ORDER NO. [insert number]Having considered the parties’ submissions, the Tribunal orders as follows:1Hearing by video-conference1.1The...
To:Singapore International Arbitration Centre28 Maxwell Road, #03–01Maxwell Chambers SuitesBY [SPECIFY MODE OF DELIVERY]Singapore 069115Attn: The...
This is a Precedent notice of arbitration under the Arbitration Rules of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (6th edition) 2016 (2016 SIAC...
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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
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
Arbitral Tribunal
The arbitrator(s) appointed on or behalf of the parties to an arbitration to resolve their dispute. A tribunal may consist of a sole arbitrator or a panel of arbitrators (generally, three).
International arbitration
Generally, arbitration with features relating to two or more states. For example, an arbitration seated in London between an English company and a Singapore company concerning a construction project in London (or elsewhere) will generally be considered an international arbitration.
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes, an arbitral institution, part of and funded by the World Bank Group, headquartered in Washington, DC, USA. ICSID was established in 1966 by the Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States (the ICSID Convention).
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