A Practical Guide to International Arbitration in London

Introduction

"Why, Sir, you find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford."

Samuel Johnson

"International arbitration may be defined as the substitution of many burning questions for a smouldering one."

Ambrose Bierce

There is a frequent misconception among those not familiar with international arbitration that it is no more than a variant of litigation. This misconception has become more marked as arbitration has increased as the dispute resolution method of choice of corporations and states. International arbitration has developed a body of law and practice of its own across the divide of national systems of law, ...