The role of the court in issuing interim injunctions in arbitration in the Iranian and British legal systems

The principle of arbitral independence prevents the court from interfering in arbitration, but in some cases, in order to achieve desired result of arbitration, the court intervenes with aim of properly guiding and organizing the arbitration process. The basis of this involvement is in legal or contractual sources. The importance of these principles should not be considered a violation of the principle of the rule of will of the parties, because the intervention of the court in certain circumstances is the only way to influence the decision of the parties in referring disputes to arbitration. One of the cases in which the court interferes in the Iranian legal system is the issuance of an interim injunction. Although the court's involvement in the issuance of an interim injunction in some cases, such as the issuance of an interim injunction before the commencement of the arbitration process, is desirable, depriving the arbitrator of the right to issue an interim injunction as an effective tool damages the arbitrariness. Accordingly, review of existing Iranian laws is necessary in this regard