recent developments in english jurisprudence

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1、ArticleforCharteredInstituteofArbitrators’Journal“ARBITRATION”TITLERecentDevelopmentsinEnglishJurisprudenceAUTHORHewR.Dundas,CharteredArbitratorDipICArbCEDR-AccreditedMediatorABSTRACTRecentCourtdecisionsconcerningarbitrationandrelatedmattersaresummarised.KEYWORDSN

2、oticeofarbitration;fetteringofCourtdiscretion;procedure;closingsubmissions;expertarbitrators;conjoinedhearings-s.67/68vss.69;leavetoappeal;delayedawards;confidentialreasons;remissionofawards;disclosureofexpert’sreport;immunityofexpertwitness;unilateralarbitrationa

3、greements;CASENOTESIntroductionSofarasarbitrationcaseshavebeenconcerned,theCourtshavebeenrelativelyquietoverthesummerbutanumberofinterestingcaseshavebeendecidedwhichwillbesummarisedinthisarticleInsomeofthefollowingcasesseveralissuesarosebutspacelimitationsobligeme

4、tobeselective.Referencestos.NNaretosectionNNArbitrationAct1996unlessotherwisespecificallystated..DefectiveNoticeofArbitration:aFlexibleorNarrowPolicy?AtlantskaPlovidba&Orv.ConsignacionesAsturianas[2004]EWHC1273(Comm).Themainissueinadisputerelatingtoacontractforthe

5、carriageofacranefromoneSpanishporttoanotherwaswhetherthecontractwascontainedintheBillofLading(no)orthe(separate)BookingNote(yes).Claimant’spurportednoticeofarbitrationincorrectlyreferredtotheB/L(noarbitrationagreement),nottotheB/N(includingone);wasthenoticethereby

6、defective?Englishjudicialpolicyistotakeabroadandflexibleapproachtonoticesofarbitrationand,inanyevent,itwasconcededbyRespondentthatifthenoticehadbeeningeneraltermswithoutreferencingtheB/Litwouldhavebeenvalid;theJudgeheldthataCourt“shouldbeslowtodismissasineffective

7、anoticeofarbitrationsolelybecauseitreferredtothewrongdocument”.IstheCourt’sDiscretionunders.18Unfettered?Inthesamecasecffn.2.,anissuearoseastowhethertheCourthadanunfettereddiscretionunders.18astowhethertoappointortorefusetoappointanarbitrator.Thatsectionlaiddownno

8、generalprinciplesbywayofguidance(butsees.19)althoughinacaseundertheequivalents.10ofthe1950ActithadbeendecidedthatthediscretionwasindeedunfetteredFrotaOc