Rule 62.10 HearingsF1

(1)

The court may order that an arbitration claim be heard either in public or in private.

(2)

Rule 39.2 does not apply.

(3)

Subject to any order made under paragraph (1)—

(a)

the determination of—

(i)

a preliminary point of law under section 45 of the 1996 Act; or

(ii)

an appeal under section 69 of the 1996 Act on a question of law arising out of an award,

will be heard in public; and

(b)

all other arbitration claims will be heard in private.

(4)

Paragraph (3)(a) does not apply to—

F2(a)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b)

an application for permission to appeal under section 69(2)(b).

Annotations

F1: Pt. 62 inserted (25.3.2002) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 5) Rules 2001 (S.I. 2001/4015), rule 1(c), Sch. 6
F2: Rule 62.10(4)(a) omitted (1.10.2025) by virtue of The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2025 (S.I. 2025/893), rules 1(2)(b), 10

F2: Words in Pt. 62 Table of Contents inserted (1.10.2026) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2026 (S.I. 2026/817), rules 1(3), 19(1)