This is not a book about the law of arbitration but about its day-to-day practice. It is written for arbitrators and for those who act as advocates (whether lawyers or laymen, whether orally or in writing) before arbitrators. For the experienced it is useful, for the inexperienced it is invaluable. In particular, the eight specialist contributors bring to the book their own long experience of types of arbitration (which are very frequent but rarely, if ever, appear in the courts) such as commodity quality disputes, rent reviews and consumer claims.

Although the book sets out in clear and simple language the powers of arbitrators, e.g., in cases of persistent delay by respondents, the outstanding parts of it are the pieces of practical advice for arbitrators: check lists for preliminary meetings, how to deal with requests for particulars, how to arrange your note of the evidence in a long arbitration, how to deal with confused and inarticulate claimants in consumer cases. John Tackaberry’s brilliantly concise contribution on evidence would repay reading by anyone who had to arbitrate about any