- March 26, 2018
Interim court assistance in arbitral proceedings under section 44 of the Arbitration Act 1996: a reducing or expanding jurisdiction?
The English courts have traditionally followed the principle of non-intervention in arbitral proceedings. This non-interventionist stance was given statutory force under section 1(c) of the English Arbitration Act 1996 (AA 1996), which provides that “the court should not intervene except as provided by [the Arbitration Act 1996]”.