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The conduct of arbitration proceedings under English law

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This paper is limited to a brief survey of the degree of flexibility which is available in arbitration under English law, and of some of the steps that can be taken to enhance the chances of reaching what is, it is submitted, the object of all arbitration, namely a speedy but fair result, at reasonable cost.

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  1. [1981] AC 909.

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  2. Ibid, at 976.

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  3. BLR 109(1980).

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  4. Ibid, at 116.

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  5. SL Sethia Liners Ltd v Naviagro Maritime Corpn, The Kostas Melas [1981] 1 Lloyd’s Rep 18.

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  6. [1981] AC 909.

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  8. (Butterworths, London 1982), at 249.

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  9. Ibid, at 311.

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  10. See the paper by Ronald Bernstein QC on the Phantom Lady delivered to the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Guernsey 1984.

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  11. Rules of the Supreme Court, Order 24/2.

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  14. C/the position in quality arbitrations as exemplified by Naumann v Edward Nathan (1930) 27 L1LR 359.

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  15. See Lonrho Ltd v Shell Petroleum Co Ltd [1980] QB 358 (Discovery was refused because of the difficulties involved).

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  16. Mustill & Boyd, op cit, at 288.

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  17. See, for example, Mediterranean and Eastern Export Co Ltd v Fortress (Manchester) Limited and Thomas Borthwick (Glasgow) Limited v Faure Fairclough Limited [1968] 1 Lloyd’s Rep 16.

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  18. See, for example, Fisher v PG Wellfair Limited [1981] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 514.

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  1. John A. Tackaberry
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  1. Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary College, University of London, UK

    Julian D. M. Lew (Head of the School of International Arbitration) (Head of the School of International Arbitration)

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Tackaberry, J.A. (1987). The conduct of arbitration proceedings under English law. In: Lew, J.D.M. (eds) Contemporary Problems in International Arbitration. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1156-2_20

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