England and Wales · Arbitration and court procedure
What period and facts govern residual award-date challenge in England and Wales?
Within 28 days of the award date in the residual current-law case. Do not substitute delivery or fee-payment dates; first exclude a controlling arbitral review or material section 57 outcome.
- Period
- Within 28 days of the award date in the residual current-law case
- Trigger
- The date of the award under section 70(3A)(d)
- Rule
- Arbitration Act 1996 section 70
This residual award-date challenge guide uses retained current official Arbitration Act 1996 text and current Justice UK CPR and PD 62 pages. The 2025 Act section 12 and SI 2025/905 commenced the amended section 70 scheme on August 1, 2025. Section 17(4) of the 2025 Act preserves its specified precommencement exclusions; the actual arbitral and court commencement facts remain necessary.
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Arbitration Act 1996 section 70. Within 28 days of the award date in the residual current-law case. Do not substitute delivery or fee-payment dates; first exclude a controlling arbitral review or material section 57 outcome. Establish the actual actor, event, agreed regime, court order and completion facts before relying on a final endpoint. This source guide provides no computed or paid date.
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What period and facts govern residual award-date challenge in England and Wales?
Within 28 days of the award date in the residual current-law case. Do not substitute delivery or fee-payment dates; first exclude a controlling arbitral review or material section 57 outcome.
Responsible actor. A party challenging an award without a controlling earlier statutory branch.
The date of the award under section 70(3A)(d)
Do not substitute delivery or fee-payment dates; first exclude a controlling arbitral review or material section 57 outcome.
A party challenging an award without a controlling earlier statutory branch. Within 28 days of the award date in the residual current-law case. Do not substitute delivery or fee-payment dates; first exclude a controlling arbitral review or material section 57 outcome.
Arbitration Act 1996 section 70How does this provision count time?
- Within 28 days of the award date in the residual current-law case
- Issue the appropriate court originating process.
- Do not substitute delivery or fee-payment dates; first exclude a controlling arbitral review or material section 57 outcome.
For residual award-date challenge, section 80(4) and (5) separates court issue from service and applies court counting rules to statutory court time limits. CPR 2.8 computes day periods as clear days and omits specified nonworking days only for periods of five days or less.
For residual award-date challenge, CPR 2.8(5) addresses an act at a court office whose final day is a closure day. It does not automatically move service on another party, erase required intervening clear days, or lift the enforcement restriction. Do not substitute delivery or fee-payment dates; first exclude a controlling arbitral review or material section 57 outcome.
Arbitration Act 1996 section 70Which facts prevent one automatic date?
Arbitration Act 1996 section 70. Within 28 days of the award date in the residual current-law case. Do not substitute delivery or fee-payment dates; first exclude a controlling arbitral review or material section 57 outcome. Establish the actual actor, event, agreed regime, court order and completion facts before relying on a final endpoint. This source guide provides no computed or paid date.
A party challenging an award without a controlling earlier statutory branch has records establishing the date of the award under section 70(3A)(d). Within 28 days of the award date in the residual current-law case. Issue the appropriate court originating process. Do not substitute delivery or fee-payment dates; first exclude a controlling arbitral review or material section 57 outcome. Establish all source facts before choosing a final date.
The proposed compliance period for residual award-date challenge meets a weekend, holiday or court-office closure. For residual award-date challenge, section 80(4) and (5) separates court issue from service and applies court counting rules to statutory court time limits. CPR 2.8 computes day periods as clear days and omits specified nonworking days only for periods of five days or less. For residual award-date challenge, CPR 2.8(5) addresses an act at a court office whose final day is a closure day. It does not automatically move service on another party, erase required intervening clear days, or lift the enforcement restriction. Do not substitute delivery or fee-payment dates; first exclude a controlling arbitral review or material section 57 outcome. Apply the actual counting regime to the particular act. Do not infer a uniform next-working-day extension.
Do not substitute delivery or fee-payment dates; first exclude a controlling arbitral review or material section 57 outcome. Within 28 days of the award date in the residual current-law case. The actual branch facts are not established by the raw catalog period. Issue the appropriate court originating process. Establish the material facts or follow the actual order; this guide supplies no automatic date.
Which conditions and exceptions apply?
- Actual actor and completed procedural act
- A party challenging an award without a controlling earlier statutory branch. Issue the appropriate court originating process.
- Controlling event and applicable agreement or order
- The date of the award under section 70(3A)(d). Do not substitute delivery or fee-payment dates; first exclude a controlling arbitral review or material section 57 outcome.
- Source-specific counting and completion place
- For residual award-date challenge, section 80(4) and (5) separates court issue from service and applies court counting rules to statutory court time limits. CPR 2.8 computes day periods as clear days and omits specified nonworking days only for periods of five days or less. For residual award-date challenge, CPR 2.8(5) addresses an act at a court office whose final day is a closure day. It does not automatically move service on another party, erase required intervening clear days, or lift the enforcement restriction. Do not substitute delivery or fee-payment dates; first exclude a controlling arbitral review or material section 57 outcome.
- A party challenging an award without a controlling earlier statutory branch. Within 28 days of the award date in the residual current-law case. Do not substitute delivery or fee-payment dates; first exclude a controlling arbitral review or material section 57 outcome.
- Residual award-date challenge concerns a party challenging an award without a controlling earlier statutory branch and issue the appropriate court originating process. Do not substitute delivery or fee-payment dates; first exclude a controlling arbitral review or material section 57 outcome. Arbitration award challenge clock addresses a separate procedural question and cannot establish this actor’s completed step.
What must the responsible actor complete?
Questions about this procedure
What period and facts govern residual award-date challenge in England and Wales?
What period applies to residual award-date challenge?
Within 28 days of the award date in the residual current-law case. Do not substitute delivery or fee-payment dates; first exclude a controlling arbitral review or material section 57 outcome.
Arbitration Act 1996 section 70Which actual event controls residual award-date challenge?
The date of the award under section 70(3A)(d). A party challenging an award without a controlling earlier statutory branch must establish that event from the actual request, award, service or court records.
Arbitration Act 1996 section 70What act completes residual award-date challenge?
Issue the appropriate court originating process. Do not substitute delivery or fee-payment dates; first exclude a controlling arbitral review or material section 57 outcome.
Arbitration Act 1996 section 70Does late receipt of the award automatically move this date?
No. Paragraph(d) states the date of the award. Late receipt does not itself create a different statutory applicable date.
Arbitration Act 1996 section 70When is the award date only the residual branch?
Current subsection (3A) separately identifies arbitral review, material correction or additional award, and refused material recourse before the any-other-case award limb.
Arbitration Act 1996 section 70Can the court extend the time for a challenge?
CPR 62.9 permits court variation of the section 70(3) period. A request for relief is not proof that an extension has been granted.
CPR 62.9Official sources and review
Provisions used (6)
| Provision | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Arbitration Act 1996 section 70 | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| Arbitration Act 1996 section 80 | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| Arbitration Act 2025 section 17 | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| CPR 62.9 | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| CPR 2.8 | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| SI 2025/905 regulation 2 | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |