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LCIA arbitration deadline calculator

Time limits under the London Court of International Arbitration rules, encoded from the rules themselves with the citation, period, trigger and roll-over treatment for each. Pick a seat in the calculator below to compute a due date on that seat's real weekend and public-holiday calendar.

2020 edition in force from 2020-10-01 · Methodology

Keep the England and Wales civil defaults and go straight to what happened, or change the jurisdiction and forum first.

Jurisdiction

Institution

LCIA (London Court of International Arbitration) deadlines, encoded from the institution's rules with their citations. Choose the seat (which sets the weekends and public holidays), the date the clock started, and the deadline. Confirm the exact rule edition before relying on a date.

Seat of arbitration

Drives the holiday calendar and the seat-law deadlines below.

When did the clock start? (trigger date)

Which deadline?

The Commencement Date (deemed receipt of the Request by the Registrar).

After the award

Court deadlines under the seat law (United Kingdom (England & Wales))

These run under the law of the seat, not the institutional rules, and must be tracked separately. They are computed from the date of the award; confirm the seat and dates with counsel.

Challenge / appeal the award (England & Wales)

Date of the award (or, for awards on/after 1 Aug 2025, the "applicable date" under the Arbitration Act 2025)

28 days

Arbitration Act 1996 s.70(3)

Limitation to enforce the award (England & Wales)

The cause of action to enforce accrues

6 years

Limitation Act 1980 s.7

Tribunal-set steps

Steps with no fixed statutory period

The rules set out these steps but fix no day count. The period is set by the tribunal's timetable, so confirm it against the institution's rules.

Formation of the Arbitral Tribunal

The Commencement Date / receipt of the Response (or expiry of the time for it)

The LCIA Court appoints the Arbitral Tribunal as soon as possible after receipt of the Response (or expiry of the time for it); no fixed day count.

LCIA Rules 2020 Arts. 5.6 and 5.8

Legal disclaimer

Deadline Engine provides calculated dates based on procedural rules. It is not legal advice. You must independently verify every deadline against the underlying rules and the facts of your matter. Deadline Engine accepts no liability for missed deadlines.

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Cited to the rule

LCIA deadlines this calculator covers

5 encoded time limits, version-stamped to their rule edition.

Response to the Request for ArbitrationLCIA Rules 2020 Art. 2.1

28 days from The Commencement Date (deemed receipt of the Request by the Registrar)

Binding2020 editionRolls over on the recipient's calendar

Tribunal makes initial contact with the partiesLCIA Rules 2020 Art. 14.3

21 days from The date the Arbitral Tribunal is formed (notification of formation)

Binding2020 editionRolls over on the recipient's calendar

Appointment of the Emergency ArbitratorLCIA Rules 2020 Art. 9B (Art. 9.6)

3 days from The LCIA Court's receipt of the application for an Emergency Arbitrator

Binding2020 editionRolls over on the recipient's calendar

Final award (endeavour target)LCIA Rules 2020 Art. 15.10

3 months from The last submission from the parties (written or oral)

Advisory2020 editionRolls over on the recipient's calendar

Correction of the award / additional award on a party applicationLCIA Rules 2020 Art. 27 (Arts. 27.1 and 27.3)

28 days from Receipt of the award by the applicant party

Binding2020 editionRolls over on the recipient's calendar

Time limits at a glance

The headline periods below restate the encoded rules. Run the calculator above for the exact date on the seat's calendar.

Response to the Request for Arbitration: what is the time limit under the LCIA rules?

28 days from The Commencement Date (deemed receipt of the Request by the Registrar), under LCIA Rules 2020 Art. 2.1 (2020 edition). The period rolls over on the recipient's calendar.

Tribunal makes initial contact with the parties: what is the time limit under the LCIA rules?

21 days from The date the Arbitral Tribunal is formed (notification of formation), under LCIA Rules 2020 Art. 14.3 (2020 edition). The period rolls over on the recipient's calendar.

Appointment of the Emergency Arbitrator: what is the time limit under the LCIA rules?

3 days from The LCIA Court's receipt of the application for an Emergency Arbitrator, under LCIA Rules 2020 Art. 9B (Art. 9.6) (2020 edition). The period rolls over on the recipient's calendar.

Correction of the award / additional award on a party application: what is the time limit under the LCIA rules?

28 days from Receipt of the award by the applicant party, under LCIA Rules 2020 Art. 27 (Arts. 27.1 and 27.3) (2020 edition). The period rolls over on the recipient's calendar.

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