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Arbitration: Dispute over scope of arbitration agreement must be decided by arbitrator

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Where the parties’ contract delegates the arbitrability question to an arbitrator, a court possesses no power to decide the arbitrability issue, even if the court thinks that the argument that the arbitration agreement applies to a particular dispute is wholly groundless.

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The many faces of dispute resolution

Regardless of how well we all plan ahead, sometimes life takes an unexpected turn, and a dispute arises. The first step in dispute resolution is to try and understand each parties viewpoint, as sometimes there is simply a misunderstanding that can be clarified and resolved. If that doesn’t work, Court action might seem the obvious way to resolve a claim. In 2024, approximately 450,000 civil court cases were issued in England and Wales, with the…

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