Arbitration Act 1950

Arbitration Act 1950[a]
Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long titleAn Act to consolidate the Arbitration Acts, 1889 to 1934.
Citation14 Geo. 6. c. 27
Territorial extent United Kingdom
Dates
Royal assent28 July 1950
Commencement1 September 1950[b]
Other legislation
Repeals/revokes
  • Arbitration Act 1889
  • Arbitration Clauses (Protocol) Act 1924
  • Arbitration (Foreign Awards) Act 1930
  • Arbitration Act 1934
Amended by
Status: Partially repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended
Text of the Arbitration Act 1950 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.

The Arbitration Act 1950 (14 Geo. 6. c. 27) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated and amended arbitration law in England and Wales.

Although the act has now largely been superseded by the Arbitration Act 1996, part II of the act (dealing with the enforcement of non-New York Convention awards) remains in force.[1] This is principally to preserve the enforcement mechanism for awards made under the (now largely obsolete) Geneva Protocol (1924).

The main purpose of the act was to consolidate and rationalise the prior statutes regulating arbitration. However the 1950 act became increasingly subject to criticism because of the power of the courts to review arbitration awards under section 21. That section required the arbitration tribunal to make a "statement of case" on any matter of law which was reviewable by the court. This was unpopular and led to loss of arbitration business in the United Kingdom, and led to the repeal of the provisions under the Arbitration Act 1979.

Provisions

Repealed enactments

Section 44(3) of the act repealed 4 enactments, listed in that section.[2]

Citation Short title Extent of repeal
52 & 53 Vict. c. 49 Arbitration Act 1889 The whole act.
14 & 15 Geo. 5. c. 39 Arbitration Clauses (Protocol) Act 1924 The whole act.
20 & 21 Geo. 5. c. 15 Arbitration (Foreign Awards) Act 1930 The whole act.
24 & 25 Geo. 5. c. 14 Arbitration Act 1934 The whole act.

Notes

  1. ^ Section 44(1).
  2. ^ Section 44(2).

References

  1. ^ Arbitration Act 1996, section 99
  2. ^ "Arbitration Act 1950", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, Geo6/14 c. 27
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