2020 Report of the Commercial Court (England & Wales) Confirms the Deferential Approach to Arbitral Awards Continues | K&L Gates LLP
In 2019/20, of the 16 challenges made under Section 68, only one was successful. In 2019/20, of the 22 determined applications under Section 69 for appeal on a point of law, permission was granted in only seven. No ultimate success rate was published. In 2018/19 none of the 39 applications under Section 69 were ultimately successful, and in 2017/18 only two of the 87 applications under Section 69 succeeded. What is also clear is the year-on-year decrease in the number of Section 68 and Section 69 applications being brought before the Commercial Court, which might suggest an increasing accep...