Martin v Harris

Subject Matter

ARBITRATION — Appeal — Court’s jurisdiction — Costs — Arbitrator making substantive award and separate costs award in defendant’s favour — Claimants successfully appealing substantive award — Whether court having jurisdiction to make order in relation to arbitration costs in absence of specific appeal against costs award — Whether costs award ceasing to have effect once substantive award overturned — Powers available to court consequent on costs award being set aside — Arbitration Act 1996 (c 23), s 69(1)(7)

[2019] EWHC 2735 (Ch); [2020] Bus LR 122; [2019] WLR(D) 579, Ch D