Intervention in arbitration proceedings: anti-arbitration injunction

In Party A v Party B and Another [2026] EWHC 327 (Comm); [2026] 1 Lloyd's Rep 286 the claimant sought the removal of the arbitrator and an appeal against procedural orders made by the arbitrator, and a stay of the arbitration pending the resolution of the applications. Butcher J doubted that he had any jurisdiction to intervene, but even if he did then the circumstances of the present case were not close to exceptional.

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