The Weekly Law Reports
[2018] 1 WLR 3361
Court of Appeal
*Halliburton Co v Chubb Bermuda Insurance Ltd and others
[On appeal from H v L]
[2018] EWCA Civ 817
2018 Feb 7;
April 19
April 19
Sir Geoffrey Vos C, Simon, Hamblen LJJ
Arbitration— Arbitrator— Bias— Court appointing arbitrator in first arbitration following parties’ failure to agree appointment— Arbitrator subsequently accepting appointment in another arbitration as appointee of party to first arbitration— Appointment not disclosed to other party to first arbitration— Whether apparent bias— Whether arbitrator to be removed—
Arbitration Act 1996 (c 23), ss 18, 24(1)