How parties resolve disputes by private tribunal under the Arbitration Act 1996 — from the agreement to arbitrate through to a binding, enforceable award.
The Arbitration Act 1996 builds a complete system in which the courts step back and intervene only where the statute allows. This chapter begins with the nature of arbitration and the Act's founding principles, then examines the arbitration agreement itself — its formal requirements, separability, and the tribunal's power to rule on its own jurisdiction. It moves through the conduct of proceedings, the tribunal's duties and procedural discretion, the removal of arbitrators, the allocation of costs, and the requirements of a valid award, including the stay of court proceedings brought in breach of an arbitration agreement. It closes with the three statutory routes for challenging an award and the enforcement of both domestic and foreign awards.
