UK Arbitration Act 2025: 3 Critical Contract Fixes You Must Know?

The Problem: Common law disclosure rules around arbitrator impartiality were scattered across case law, and emergency arbitrators had limited statutory enforcement backing. The 2025 Fix: Codifies a mandatory statutory duty requiring arbitrators to disclose any circumstances that could give rise to justifiable doubts regarding their impartiality, while granting emergency arbitrators clear avenues to enforce urgent interim orders through the courts. Official Verification Sources The Arbitration Act has received Royal Assent — Law Commission Review of the Arbitration Act 1996 — Law Commission Arbitration Bill Explanatory Notes — UK Parliament