The Weekly Law Reports
[2017] 1 WLR 2280
Queen’s Bench Division
*H v L and others
[2017] EWHC 137 (Comm)
2017 Jan 12;
Feb 3
Popplewell J
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 in first arbitration— Whether apparent bias— Whether arbitrator to be removed— Whether jurisdiction under Civil Procedure Rules to revoke or vary court’s appointment—
Arbitration Act 1996 (c 23), ss 18, 24(1)
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CPR
r 3.1(7)