Latham & Watkins review the English High Court’s decision in The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators v B, C and D (2019) EWHC 460, where the Court granted the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators access to documents related to an arbitration for use in disciplinary proceedings. The court held that the general public interest “in maintaining the quality of and standards of arbitrators” outweighed the need to preserve confidentiality of the arbitration. The authors note that the court balanced the Institute’s legitimate interests in obtaining copies of the documents with the duty of confidentiality in arbitration proceedings and that the case highlights the tension between the public interest in accessing documents related to an arbitration and the confidentiality of the proceedings.
English High Court: Public Interest Outweighed Confidentiality of Arbitration
