I like your style sirThis new thing where two parties in civil disputes can agree to arbitration through a third party in accordance with British law (well English/Welsh law) , how comes they invented it recently and sneaked it up on the people without anyone knowing anything about it ?
I mean it must be a very new thing or the outrage would have been going on for years and the media wouldn't bother with centuries old news would theyA quick google does indeed reveal that the first Arbitration Act was passed in 1889. A further google reveals that Scott v Avery, the case which established that you could oust the jurisidiction of the courts with an arbitration clause, so that all the court may do is enforce the award, (which may have been arrived at in accordance with the law of Mongolia if the parties so chose) was decided in 1865.
So, only 140 years old or so.
If we didn't have this dangerously enlightened approach to people deciding how to settle their own disputes we would lose a lot of international arbitration work from London, and a lot of highly paid lawyers would lose their jobs, which would be an absolute tragedy as I am sure we all agree.![]()
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