Membership

Many of the ancient Livery Companies fulfil important functions and virtually all do great work in educational and charitable fields. The composition of their membership has, over the years, become less related to the calling which gave the companies their names - Grocers, Mercers, Loriners, Fletchers, Haberdashers - than as was the case in earlier times.

A conscious and deliberate feature of the new Companies has been a return to the original concept by requiring that membership of the Livery Company be confined to those involved with the relevant profession. Thus, with the Arbitrators, under the Constitutions and Ordinances of the Livery Company, as approved by the Court of Mayor and Aldermen, members must have a real interest in arbitration either directly as practitioners or users of arbitration or through a related form of dispute resolution.

If you are interested to know more about membership, please consult the following documents (all in PDF format):

Origins and history of the Company
Information about Dues
Application form

There are also opportunities for mentoring/pupillage. If you are interested in finding out more about what the Company can offer in this respect, please contact the Clerk.

The Members of the Worshipful Company of Arbitrators shall be bound by and the affairs of the Company shall be governed by the Constitution and Ordinances.

If you have further questions please contact the Clerk.

If you would like to know what is involved in standing for election to Common Council and for the Court of Aldermen, please read this summary.