By Alexander Gay ( January 23, 2025, 10:30 AM EST) -- The doctrine of separability, which is one of the hallmarks of arbitration, was recently extended to expert determination clauses by the English courts. The doctrine holds that arbitration clauses are stand-alone agreements, separate from the underlying agreement that house them. Thus, even where the underlying agreement terminates, the arbitration clause/agreement continues to survive and binds the parties in all disputes relating to that contract. Until recently, there was no clear authority on whether the doctrine of separability applied to expert determination clauses....