Arbitration Agreement in UK Law
Leading Cases
Legislation
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Arbitration Act 1934
... ... General Amendments of the Law relating to Arbitration ... General Amendments of the Law relating to Arbitration ... Arbitration agreement not to be discharged by death of party thereto. 1 Arbitration agreement not to be discharged by death of party thereto ... (1) An arbitration ... ...
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Arbitration Act 1996
... ... Arbitration Act 19961996 c. 23An Act to restate and improve the law relating to arbitration pursuant to an arbitration agreement; to make other provision relating to arbitration and arbitration awards; and for connected purposes.[17th June 1996] ... ...
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Arbitration Act 1979
... ... of appeal conferred by subsection (2) below, the High Court shall not have jurisdiction to set aside or remit an award on an arbitration agreement on the ground of errors of fact or law on the face of the award ... (2) Subject to subsection (3) below, an appeal shall lie to the High Court on ... ...
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Arbitration Act 1950
... ... The authority of an arbitrator or umpire appointed by or by virtue of an arbitration agreement shall, unless a contrary intention is expressed in the agreement, be irrevocable except by leave of the High Court or a judge thereof ... ...
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Books & Journal Articles
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Investor-State Arbitration: The Roadmap from the Multilateral Agreement on Investment to the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement
Capital exporting countries have attempted to protect the overseas investments of their multinational corporations (MNC) against host nation governments expropriating these investments, limiting th...
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Fine margins: Examining the minority-majority divide in Enka v Chubb
The question of how to determine the law of the arbitration agreement has long been a hotly debated topic in the field of international commercial arbitration. While this contentious issue was addr...... ... The question of how to determine the law of the arbitration agreement has long been a hotly debated topic in the field of ... ...
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Lord Mustill and the Courts of Tennis – Dallah v Pakistan in England, France and Utopia
This note analyses the reasoning of the English and French courts in Dallah Real Estate and Tourism Holding Co v Ministry of Religious Affairs, Government of Pakistan, in which an arbitral tribunal...... ... over the Government of Pakistan on the basis of an arbitration agreement concluded by a trust that was created, controlled,and then ... ...
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Towards a Better Commercial Arbitration: Should Ethiopia Ratify the New York Convention?
The 1958 New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral awards is currently ratified by 161 states. The Convention gives a visa for arbitral awards made in a Convention ...... ... It also imposes on courts the obligation to stay proceeding with a matter subject to the arbitration agreement. Ethiopia has not yet ratified the NYC. This article aims at demonstrating the challenges and prospects of ratification of the Convention by ... ...
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Law Firm Commentaries
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Agreement on “non-binding” arbitration not an arbitration agreement
An agreement to submit to non-binding arbitration is not an enforceable arbitration agreement under the English Arbitration Act 1996. The court dismissed an application for stay of English court pr...
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To Go Boldly Beyond the Arbitration Agreement
The English Commercial Court (the Court) has ruled that it does not have the power to make an order for preservation and disclosure of evidence against a non-party to an arbitration agreement. Acco...
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Enforcement of an Award Adjourned Against a Non-Party to an Arbitration Agreement
Parties should avoid uncertainties by stipulating the applicable law to the arbitration agreement. The decision in J (Lebanon) v. K (Kuwait) provides a useful analysis of which law (i.e., the la...
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UK Supreme Court Issues Guidance on the Governing Law of an Arbitration Agreement: Enka v Chubb
INTRODUCTION - On 9 October 2020, the UK Supreme Court decision in Enka Insaat ve Sanayi A.S. v OOO Insurance Company Chubb [2020] UKSC 38 provided welcome clarity as to the English law principles ...
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Forms
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Application by site owner for a determination that having regard to its condition a park home is having a detrimental effect on the amenity of the site
Forms relating to park homes including termination of an agreement.... ... are a Park Home protected site owner who wishes to terminate an agreement for occupation on the ground that having regard to its condition a park ... [Note that exceptionally where there is a pre-dispute arbitration agreement the application for a determination that it is reasonable for ... ...
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Application by site owner for a determination as to the applicant's entitlement to terminate the agreement
Forms relating to park homes including termination of an agreement.... ... use if (a) you are a Park Home protected site owner who wishes to terminate an agreement for occupation on the grounds below and (b) an arbitration agreement had been entered into before the question to be determined arose ... Note: If (b) above is not satisfied the application must be ... ...
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I have an Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS) settlement (Form COT3) but the respondent has not paid. How do I enforce it?
County Court forms including the N1 money claim form.... ... Interest ... will then be payable from the date that the money became payable under the agreement ... (the pay by date); in the absence of a pay by date in the agreement, interest will accrue from ... the date the agreement was entered into ... ...
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