A guide to the Arbitration Act 1996 (AA 1996)


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Practice notes

A guide to the Arbitration Act 1996 (AA 1996)


Produced in partnership with Stephenson Harwood

Practice notes
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STOP PRESS: This Practice Note is currently Under Review in light of the new Arbitration Act 2025. For further information on when the new act comes into force see Practice Note:When will the Arbitration Act 2025 come into force?

For parties and lawyers conducting arbitration proceedings seated in England and Wales or Northern Ireland (England is used here as a convenient shorthand) and/or seeking enforcement of domestic or international awards in English and Welsh courts, understanding the Arbitration Act 1996 (AA 1996) is fundamental.

Unlike the arbitration legislation of some other leading seats of arbitration, for example Hong Kong’s Arbitration Ordinance (Cap 609), the AA 1996 does not transpose or is not largely based on the uncitral model law on International Commercial Arbitration (the Model Law), although the AA 1996 does owe much to that instrument. After it was enacted, the AA 1996 was described as a ‘striking innovation’ that ‘create[d] an accessible and almost complete code of conduct, embodying a consistent vision of the arbitral process…’ (Mustill & Boyd, Commercial Arbitration, Second

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