The Civil Procedure Rules 1998

[F1Starting the claimE+W

62.3(1) Except where paragraph (2) applies an arbitration claim must be started by the issue of an arbitration claim form in accordance with the Part 8 procedure.

(2) An application under section 9 of the 1996 Act to stay legal proceedings must be made by application notice to the court dealing with those proceedings.

(3) The courts in which an arbitration claim may be started are set out in the practice direction.

(4) Rule [F230.5] applies with the modification that a judge of the Technology and Construction Court may transfer the claim to any other court or specialist list.]