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Section 49: Interest.

Arbitration Act 1996 · 1996 c. 23View on legislation.gov.uk

Part I: Arbitration pursuant to an arbitration agreement

The parties are free to agree on the powers of the tribunal as regards the award of interest.

Unless otherwise agreed by the parties the following provisions apply.

The tribunal may award simple or compound interest from such dates, at such rates and with such rests as it considers meets the justice of the case—

on the whole or part of any amount awarded by the tribunal, in respect of any period up to the date of the award;
on the whole or part of any amount claimed in the arbitration and outstanding at the commencement of the arbitral proceedings but paid before the award was made, in respect of any period up to the date of payment.

The tribunal may award simple or compound interest from the date of the award (or any later date) until payment, at such rates and with such rests as it considers meets the justice of the case, on the outstanding amount of any award (including any award of interest under subsection (3) and any award as to costs).

References in this section to an amount awarded by the tribunal include an amount payable in consequence of a declaratory award by the tribunal.

The above provisions do not affect any other power of the tribunal to award interest.

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