Standard of review

In Kershaw Mechanical Services Ltd v Kendrick Construction Ltd [2006] EWHC 727 (TCC) Jackson J has laid down important guidelines on a number of matters concerning the hearing of a substantive appeal for error of law under s69 of the Arbitration Act 1996. The appeal in this case was consensual, in that the parties had agreed that an appeal was possible, and certain aspects of the decision are concerned with the role of the court in a consensual appeal.