Appeals on Questions of Law: Section 69 Revitalised
Article from: TDM 0 (2003), in International Commercial Arbitration
Abstract
A distinguished article in [2003] 69 ARBITRATION 1 suggested that s.69 Arbitration Act 1996 should be repealed. The present article, following analysis of two cases (Lobb v Aintree and 'Northern Pioneer') decided after the earlier article had gone to press including the first ever at s.69 appeal heard in the Court of Appeal, argues that s.69 has clear continuing validity. Further, given that part of s.69 derives from the House of Lords decisions 'The Nema' and 'The Antaios', the article addresses the perhaps surprising conclusion in 'Northern Pioneer' that the ...