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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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This week's edition of Arbitration weekly highlights includes: coverage of arbitration decisions from England & Wales, Germany, the USA, Canada...
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Latest Arbitration Practice Notes
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A guide to the Arbitration Act 1996 (AA 1996)STOP PRESS: This Practice Note is currently Under Review in light of the new Arbitration Act 2025. For...
State immunity and arbitration in AustriaThis Practice Note considers the role of state immunity in relation to arbitration proceedings in Austria....
Latest Arbitration Precedents
Confidentiality agreement—arbitrationThis confidentiality Agreement is made on [date]Parties1[Name of entity], a [type of entity] incorporated under...
ICC—Answer to Request for ArbitrationThe Secretariat of the International Court of ArbitrationInternational Chamber of Commerce[Address of an approved...
Anti-suit injunction in support of arbitration—supporting witness statementClaimant[[insert number of witness statement eg First]] witness statement...
Procedural order for a remote online hearing in international arbitrationPROCEDURAL ORDER NO. [insert number]Having considered the parties’...
Case study—SIAC (2016)—Application for security for costsSIAC ARBITRATION NO [INSERT NUMBER] OF 201[ ]IN THE MATTER OF AN ARBITRATIONParties1WEIPA...
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Arbitration agreements—definition, purpose and interpretation
Arbitration agreements—definition, purpose and interpretationThis Practice Note considers the nature and scope of arbitration agreements with a...
Ad hoc arbitration—an introduction to the key features of ad hoc arbitration
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International arbitration—key differences between international and domestic arbitration
International arbitration—key differences between international and domestic arbitrationIn many jurisdictions, there are relatively few substantive...
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...
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...
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...
Institutional arbitration—an introduction to the key features of institutional arbitration
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ICC (2021)—fees, advances and costs
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Commodities—types of contract and disputes
Commodities—types of contract and disputesAn introduction to contracts for the sale and purchase of commoditiesContracts for the sale and purchase of...
Settlement in arbitration
Settlement in arbitrationThis Practice Note considers issues relating to settlement of disputes in the context of arbitration proceedings. This topic...
Expropriation—investment treaty arbitration
Expropriation—investment treaty arbitrationA definition of expropriationIn the context of investment treaty arbitration, expropriation occurs when a...
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...
International arbitration—an introduction to the key features of international arbitration
International arbitration—an introduction to the key features of international arbitrationThis Practice Note provides an introduction to some of the...
Substantive law of the dispute in arbitration (England and Wales)
Substantive law of the dispute in arbitration (England and Wales)This Practice Note considers the laws an arbitral tribunal should apply when making...
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...
Procedural Order for directions following preliminary meeting in arbitration
Procedural Order for directions following preliminary meeting in arbitrationPROCEDURAL ORDER NO. [1]Having heard representatives for both the...
Document production in international arbitration—a practical guide
Document production in international arbitration—a practical guideThis Practice Note provides practical guidance on document production in...
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).
SCC
Strategic Co-ordination Centre
Seat of arbitration
The jurisdiction in which an arbitration is deemed legally to take place and the award issued, regardless of the geographical location of the tribunal and/or any hearings. The seat also determines the legal system that, generally, provides the arbitration’s procedure and which courts have supervisory jurisdiction over the arbitration.
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