An arbitration agreement binds only the parties who have agreed to it. That comes from the consensual nature of arbitration. It follows that an arbitrator has no jurisdiction or power over a person who has not agreed that he or she should arbitrate the dispute.

In Filatona Trading Ltd v. Navigator Equities Ltd [2019] EWHC 173 (Comm), an interesting situation arose.

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