If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it: the English Arbitration Act and confidentiality

Zoe O’Sullivan KC has written an article for Global Arbitration Review titled 'If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it: the English Arbitration Act and confidentiality'.

In the article, Zoe considers the Law Commission's long-awaited review of the Arbitration Act 1996 and argues that the Law Commission’s provisional conclusion not to adopt a statutory code of confidentiality in the English Arbitration Act is pragmatic and sensible. She looks at important recent case-law including Economic Department of City of Moscow v Bankers Trust Co [2005] QB 207; Emmott v Michael Wilson & Partners [2008[ EWCA Civ 184; Halliburton v Chubb [2020] UKSC 48; and AEGIS v European Re [2003] UKPC 11.

This article was published in Global Arbitration Review on 18 October 2022. Read Zoe’s article here (paywalled).