Antaios Compagnia Naviera S.A. v. Salen Rederierna A.B. (The Antaios (No. 2)) - House of Lords (Lord Diplock, Lord Keith, Lord Scarman, Lord Roskill and Lord Brandon) - 26 July 1984

House of Lords reduces scope for appealing against arbitration awards

The House of Lords has impliedly criticised the English commercial Bar and the lower courts for failing to comply with the spirit of the Arbitration Act 1979 and The Nema guidelines. Basically, there are still too many appeals from arbitration awards. Commercial lawyers had, on the whole, been reluctant to abandon the practices and modify those attitudes of mind which had the effect, prior to the 1979 Act, of breeding litigation and defying finality on arbitral awards.