ABSTRACT
Stays and arbitration proceedings Proceedings brought in the High Court or the Admiralty Court in contravention of an agreement between the parties to refer the matter to arbitration must be stayed under s 9 of the Arbitration Act 1996, replacing s 1(1) of the Arbitration Act 1975. The 1996 Act abandons the distinction in the previous Acts between domestic and nondomestic arbitration agreements.
