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LawTalk has kindly agreed to publish my article on the Arbitration Amendment Act 2019.

Coincidentally, LawPoints has also published a further article on the arbitration provisions of the Trusts Bill 2017, which will return to the House shortly (it's currently No 5 on the Order Paper). There are considerable problems with the arbitration provisions in the Bill, as currently drafted ... see links below

In its decision released today, the High Court of Australia has upheld the enforceability of arbitration provisions in deeds to which the disputants are not, technically, parties.