A court order under section 43 of the Arbitration Act 1996 requiring a witness in the UK to attend before an arbitrator to give oral testimony and/or produce documents, in the same way a court can compel a witness to attend court proceedings. It is used where a witness is needed for the arbitration but will not attend voluntarily.
In Plain English
A court order that forces a witness to show up and give evidence in a private legal process called arbitration. It is used when someone will not come to help voluntarily.
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