ABSTRACT
Mance LJ. 15 Arbitration Act 1996 (UK) section 4. Schedule 1 to the Act specifi es which provisions are manda-
tory, and which are non-mandatory. By way of example, the right to appeal on a question of law (under section 69) is a non-mandatory provision which may be excluded, and is not infrequently excluded by parties in the interest of making the tribunal’s awards fi nal and binding. Yet the right of a party to appeal on the basis of the tribunal lacking jurisdiction (section 67) or there having been a serious irregularity in the conduct of the arbitration (section 68) are mandatory provisions. The grounds on which an arbitrator’s award may be subject to judicial review are discussed later in this chapter.
