The Scottish Governmentintends to introduce an Arbitration Bill at the first appropriate legislative opportunityin order to reform and modernise the law on arbitration as part of its commitmentto work with Scotland’s legal community to take forward plans tocreate a Scottish International Arbitration Centre.Arbitration may not,however, be the most appropriate method of dispute resolution for small claims.The essence of arbitration is that it is a private procedure whereby parties agreeto submit a dispute between them to a third-party, who often has special expertiseor knowledge, and who will act as a private tribunal to produce...