Summary

This application for permission to appeal is concerned with the interpretation of a contractually agreed time limit for an appeal to the court under section 69 of the Arbitration Act 1996. The parties agreed that either of them could appeal to the court, but stipulated a time limit of 30 days 'after the decision is rendered'. If that means that an appeal had to be brought within 30 days from the date when the award was provided to the parties, the appeal was in time. But if it means that time ran from the date when the award was made, the appeal was five days too late.