Challenges and appeals

Challenging and appealing arbitral awards to the English court in England and Wales

This Practice Note sets out the grounds on which a party may challenge or appeal an arbitral award to the English court under sections 67, 68 and 69 of the Arbitration Act 1996 (AA 1996). The Practice Note sets out the timing for making such an application, where to issue the arbitration claim form and the consequences of such a challenge or appeal. The Practice Note also considers the issues of confidentiality and security for costs on challenge/appeal applications. The Practice Note also sets out how to appeal any decision on challenge/appeal and links to Practice Notes on enforcement.

See Practice Notes: AA 1996—challenging and appealing arbitral awards in the English court and AA 1996—starting arbitration claims in court.

Starting arbitration claims in court

This Practice Note considers the general procedure for commencing arbitration claims before the English and Welsh courts under AA 1996 (English and England are used as a convenient shorthand in this Practice Note), the Practice Note considers issuing and filing arbitration