Valid commencement of arbitration

A question of notice

Dominic Hurst, solicitor, FD&D, Swedish Club, Gothenburg

What, under English law, is adequate and sufficient notice to the opposing party of commencement of arbitration? How can members/claimants protect any potential claim against an opponent from being timebarred under English law? This area of the Arbitration Act 1996 was recently tested in a case supported by the club on appeal, from a London arbitrator, to the commercial court in London.