Pillar v Edwards: A Mishandled Arbitration: Consequences on Correcting the Award, Extensions of Time, Costs and s.68 implications.
Article from: TDM 0 (2003), in International Commercial Arbitration
Abstract
The TCC case RC Pillar & Sons Ltd v Mrs & Mrs GB Edwards of a simple building dispute relates to an arbitration which went awry, as indicated by the total costs of the arbitration approaching £400,000 when the sum in dispute was less than £100,000. The case is notable for several reasons including (i) HHJ Thornton's valuable comments on the conduct of the arbitration with particular reference to ss.33, 40 and 68 (ii) his detailed consideration of the scope of s.57 (iii) his considerations of the rarely-studied ss.76, 79 and 80 (iv) some particularly interesting ...