Author Description

This book is the essential reference work for practitioners and academics who need to understand the Arbitration Act 1996. Each section of the Act has been considered and detailed notes are included of relevant decisions of the courts. Particular care has been taken to explain the sometimes complex relationship between the new law and the old rules it replaces. The significance of the new provisions are explained in a straightforward way. The replaced Arbitration Acts of 1950, 1975 and 1979 are included as appendices for ease of reference, as well as the New York Convention on the Recognition of Foreign Arbitral Awards and the UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration.