Exclusion of Appeals From Arbitrators Is Lawful
Sumukan Ltd v Commonwealth Secretariat [2007] EWCA Civ 243
CA
21 March 2007
Weekly Law Notes Summary
The Court of Appeal had jurisdiction to hear an appeal from a judge’s decision on the existence of an agreement in an arbitration clause to exclude an appeal to a court on a point of law under s 69 of the Arbitration Act 1996. Such an exclusion agreement did not breach art 6 of the Human Rights Convention.