Departmental Advisory Committee on Arbitration Law 1996 Report on the Arbitration Bill

February 1996 Members of the Committee The Rt Hon. Lord Justice Saville (Chairman) Professor J.M. Hunter (Deputy Chairman) Miss C.R. Allen (Secretary) Mr P. Bovey Mr A.W.S. Bunch Mr S.C. Boyd QC Dr K.G. Chrystie Lord Dervaird Mr J.B. Garrett Professor R.M. Goode CBE, QC, FBA Mr B. Harris Mrs J. Howe Mrs P. Kirby-Johnson Mr R.A. MacCrindle QC Mr A.L. Marriott Mr K.S. Rokison QC Mr D. Sarre Mr J.H.M. Sims Professor D.R. Thomas Professor J. Uff QC Mr V.V. Veeder QC The DAC has been greatly assisted by the invaluable work done by Mr T.T. Landau of counsel. 1. IN ITS Report of June 1989, the Departmental Advisory Committee on Arbitration Law (the DAC), under the chairmanship of Lord Justice Mustill (now Lord Mustill) recommended against England, Wales and Northern Ireland adopting the UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration. Instead, the DAC recommended that there should...