ABSTRACT
Although effectively competing for work, there are aspects in which the Technology and Construction Court (TCC) retains a role in the supervision and regulation of arbitration, and appeals from arbitration. Arbitration claims are applications made to the Court under the Arbitration Act 1996. Applications to the TCC can be made to extend time in circumstances where an arbitration agreement to refer future disputes to arbitration provides that a claim shall be barred or extinguished unless a particular step is taken within a particular time. The TCC has the power, in limited circumstances, to involve itself in the appointment of arbitrators. On removing an arbitrator, the question of fees or expenses is a matter the TCC can deal with. Analogy can be made to cases regularly determined in the TCC relating to the conduct of adjudications. Appeals against arbitration awards are considered by the TCC pursuant to section 67, section 68 or section 69.
