Arbitration Act 2025

Law applicable to arbitration agreement

(1) The Arbitration Act 1996 is amended as follows. (2) After section 6 insert— Law applicable to arbitration agreement 6A (1) The law applicable to an…

Impartiality: duty of disclosure

(1) The Arbitration Act 1996 is amended as follows. (2) After section 23 insert— Impartiality: duty of disclosure 23A (1) An individual who has been approached…

Immunity of arbitrator: application for removal

(1) The Arbitration Act 1996 is amended as follows. (2) In section 24 (power of court to remove arbitrator), after subsection (5) insert— (5A) The court may…

Immunity of arbitrator: resignation

(1) The Arbitration Act 1996 is amended as follows. (2) In section 25 (resignation of arbitrator)— (a) in subsection (1), omit paragraph (b) (together with the…

Court determination of jurisdiction of tribunal

In section 32 of the Arbitration Act 1996 (determination of preliminary point of jurisdiction), after subsection (1) insert— (1A) An application under this…

Power to award costs despite no substantive jurisdiction

(1) Section 61 of the Arbitration Act 1996 (award of costs) is amended as follows. (2) In subsection (1), omit “, subject to any agreement of the parties”. (3)…

Power to make award on summary basis

After section 39 of the Arbitration Act 1996 insert— Power to make award on summary basis 39A (1) Unless the parties otherwise agree, the arbitral tribunal…

Emergency arbitrators

(1) The Arbitration Act 1996 is amended as follows. (2) After section 41 insert— Emergency arbitrators 41A (1) This section applies where— (a) the parties have…

Court powers exercisable in support of arbitral proceedings in respect of third parties

(1) Section 44 of the Arbitration Act 1996 (court powers exercisable in support of arbitral proceedings) is amended as follows. (2) In subsection (1), after…

Challenging the award: remedies available to the court

(1) Section 67 of the Arbitration Act 1996 (challenging the award: substantive jurisdiction) is amended as follows. (2) In subsection (1), for paragraph (b)…

Procedure on challenge under section 67 of the Arbitration Act 1996

In section 67 of the Arbitration Act 1996 (challenging the award: substantive jurisdiction), after subsection (3A) (as inserted by section 10(3)) insert— (3B)…

Challenging the award: time limit

(1) Section 70 of the Arbitration Act 1996 (challenge or appeal: supplementary provisions) is amended as follows. (2) In subsection (3), for the words from…

Appeals to Court of Appeal from High Court decisions

(1) In section 18(1) of the Senior Courts Act 1981 (restrictions on appeals to Court of Appeal), for paragraph (g) substitute— (g) from a decision of the High…

Requirements to be met for court to consider applications

(1) The Arbitration Act 1996 is amended as follows. (2) In section 32 (determination by court of preliminary point of jurisdiction)— (a) in subsection (2)(b)…

Repeal of provisions relating to domestic arbitration agreements

Omit the following provisions of the Arbitration Act 1996— (a) sections 85 to 87 (domestic arbitration agreements) (which are not in force), together with the…

Extent

(1) Any amendment or repeal made by this Act has the same extent as the provision amended or repealed. (2) This section and sections 17 and 18 extend to…

Commencement and transitional provision

(1) This section and sections 16 and 18 come into force on the day on which this Act is passed. (2) The rest of this Act comes into force on such day as the…

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Arbitration Act 2025.