Arbitration Law
| This chapter was updated in July 2026 for Service Issue 103. The next review of this chapter is due in November 2026. |
Chapter 1
THE FRAMEWORK OF ARBITRATION LAW
THE PURPOSES OF ARBITRATION
1.1
The use of private means to settle disputes between parties has long been established in England, and the merits of arbitration have been accepted by the English courts for over four centuries.1 Parliament first formally approved the arbitration process in 1698, the preamble to the 1698 Act2 stating: