Russell on Arbitration

ISBN 0421966807   DEWEY 347.4209 ISBN13 9780421966802 (What's this?)   DEWEY edition DC22 Publisher Sweet & Maxwell Ltd   Pages 880 Imprint Sweet & Maxwell   Published in London Format Hardback   Academic level Professional / Scholarly Publication date 31 Dec 2007

		Table of Cases
		Table of Statutes
		Table of Statutory Instruments
		Table of Civil Procedure Rules
Ch. 1		Introduction
Ch. 2		The arbitration agreement
Ch. 3		Parties and institutions
Ch. 4		The tribunal
Ch. 5		Conduct of the reference
Ch. 6		The award
Ch. 7		The role of the court before and during the arbitration
Ch. 8		The role of the court after the award
App. 1		Arbitration Act 1996 and related statutory instruments
App. 2		DAC report on the Arbitration Bill and supplementary report on the Arbitration Act 1996
App. 3		Statutory arbitration
App. 4		Comparison between the Arbitration Act 1996 and the UNCITRAL Model Law
App. 5		List of appointing authorities
		Index

I was still meditating on what arbitration actually is and means when I went to the launch of the 23rd edition of Russell on Arbitration recently.

The answer is contained in this excellent new version of Russell's work which was completely re-written a while ago to reflect the importance and developing significance of arbitration which Julian Lew QC concludes may be the result of the momentum of the alternative dispute resolution movement which has resulted in decreasing numbers of cases being taken to the courts.

Lew is right, of course - the nature of arbitration means that numbers are not available and are probably impossible to obtain because of the nature of this facility.

Today, there are many different kinds of arbitrations used by parties from different industries, involving arbitrators with wide professional experience covering factual rather than legal issues. Russell on Arbitration is a masterly overview of English arbitration at work both at home and abroad and admired as such by many lawyers and lay people.

For over 150 years, Russell has been the principal authority and guiding light for practitioners. Sutton, Gill & Gearing, following the original book precedent now bring readers what Judith Gill described to me as the practical approach to the arbitration process, including all the most recent arbitration cases and an examination of the key pieces of legislation.

It is indispensible for arbitrators, mediators and adjudicators at home and abroad and a delight to use so do not be daunted by its initial appearance when you read it as it is the best international manual around and I use it to teach trainee arbitrators at the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. - PHILLIP TAYLOR MBE Barrister-at-Law



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