What the UK Ar­bit­ra­tion Act 2025 changes for London ar­bit­ra­tion

De­vel­op­ment sum­mary

Jan­natul Shareat Disha con­siders how the UK Ar­bit­ra­tion Act 2025 changes the frame­work es­tab­lished by the Ar­bit­ra­tion Act 1996 and af­fects London’s po­s­i­tion as an ar­bit­ral seat. The ana­lys­is fo­cuses on the new de­fault rule gov­ern­ing the law ap­plic­able to ar­bit­ra­tion agree­ments, re­fine­ments to court sup­port for ar­bit­ral pro­ceed­ings and the reform’s con­sequences for mari­time ar­bit­ra­tion.

Draw­ing on le­gis­lat­ive his­tory and com­par­at­ive review, the art­icle also ad­dresses dis­clos­ure duties, sum­mary dis­pos­als, emer­gency ar­bit­rat­ors, ar­bit­rat­or im­munity and third-party court orders. Disha presents the reform as in­cre­ment­al mod­ern­isa­tion that con­sol­id­ates London’s role in global mari­time ar­bit­ra­tion, while leav­ing sector-specific uptake and ju­di­cial in­ter­pret­a­tion un­re­solved.