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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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Latest Arbitration Practice Notes
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ICC (2017)—introduction to the ICC and arbitration under the ICC Rules [Archived]ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is not...
ICC (2017)—expedited procedure [Archived]ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained.CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19): Many arbitral...
ICC (2017)—responding to a Request for Arbitration [Archived]ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained.CORONAVIRUS...
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Latest Arbitration Precedents
Confidentiality agreement—arbitrationThis confidentiality Agreement is made on [date]Parties1[Name of entity], a [type of entity] incorporated under...
Enforcement of an award pursuant to AA 1996, s 66—example witness statement[Filed on behalf of the] Claimant[Insert initial and surname of witness and...
Case study—commencement of arbitration and appointment of arbitrator (AA 1996, ss 14–18)—AA 1996, s 18 claim formFor the sample case study arbitration...
Resisting enforcement of a New York Convention award—witness statementFiled on behalf of the DefendantWitness statement of [insert initial and surname...
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AA 1996—challenging and appealing arbitral awards in the English court
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Maritime arbitration—an introduction
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ICC (2021)—fees, advances and costs
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Redfern schedule—arbitration
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Hong Kong—guide to the Arbitration Ordinance
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Associated legal terms
domestic arbitration
Concerned entirely with national or domestic issues, and all aspects of the arbitration proceedings relate to a single jurisdiction. For example, a commercial dispute between two English companies concerning a domestic supply contract governed by English law, seated in London, and conducted ad hoc in accordance with the provisions of the Arbitration Act 1996 (AA 1996)
London Maritime Arbitrators Association
The London Maritime Arbitrators Association, an arbitrators’ association based in London, England. LMAA arbitrations are ad hoc and conducted pursuant to the LMAA Terms.
Preliminary Hearing
In arbitration, a meeting or hearing (in person or by tele/video conference) organised by the arbitral tribunal with the parties (and, usually, their representatives) soon after the tribunal’s constitution, which seeks to discuss and agree the conduct of, and timetable for, the entire arbitration.
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