The Arbitration Act 2025 comes into force on 1 August 2025.
The new Act is largely based on the recommendations made in the Law Commission’s Final Report, published following a public consultation seeking views on...more
7/29/2025
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The Law Commission of England and Wales has concluded its review of the Arbitration Act 1996.
In our International Arbitration Survey 2022, we canvased views on the potential areas for reform of the Act....more
9/7/2023
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The recent Commercial Court decision in Tenke Fungurume Mining S.A. v Katanga Contracting Services S.A.S. highlights the very broad discretion that arbitrators have when it comes to making decisions concerning the conduct of...more
The English Supreme Court (Lord Reed, Lord Hodge, Lady Black, Lord Lloyd-Jones, and Lady Arden) has finished hearing two days of submissions in the Halliburton Company v Chubb Bermuda Insurance Limited appeal.
The core...more
11/14/2019
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