English Commercial Court Releases Updated S68 And S69 Statistics: Challenges Down, And The Hurdle For Success Remains High

In early February 2020, the Judiciary of England and Wales published the Commercial Court Users' Group Meeting Report - November 2019 ("2019 Report"). The 2019 Report provides information and statistics relating to challenges to arbitral awards on the grounds of serious procedural irregularity under s68 and appeals on a point of law under s69 Arbitration Act 1996 ("the Act") for the 2018-2019 court year (October 2018 - July 2019).

The last set of similar statistics were released by the Commercial Court in May 2018 with the publication of the Commercial Court Users' Group Meeting Report - March 2018 ("2018 Report"), which is discussed in more detail in our previous blog post here.

The latest statistics provide an interesting insight into the English courts' non-interventionist approach to challenges to arbitral awards.

The tables below set out the statistics for s68 and s69 applications in the 2019 Report for the court years 2018 - 2019 and 2017-2018:

Court year S68 applications 2018 - 2019 (October - July) 19 2017 - 2018 (October - July) 71

Court year S69 applications 2018 - 2019 (October - July) 39 2017 - 2018...

To continue reading

Request your trial

VLEX uses login cookies to provide you with a better browsing experience. If you click on 'Accept' or continue browsing this site we consider that you accept our cookie policy. ACCEPT