It was officially launched by Fergus Ewing MSP, the then Minister for Community Safety on 17 March 2011.
The centre is chaired by Brandon Malone, and its chief executive is Andrew Mackenzie.
The Centre published its Directions and Guidance for the appointment of arbitrators in December 2014.
[3] The centre's bid had the support of the Prime Minister, the First Minister of Scotland, the Lord President of the Court of Session, the Dean of the Faculty of Advocates, the president of the Law Society of Scotland, the Lord Provost of Edinburgh, the chairman of the Scottish Branch of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, the chief executive of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors Global, the chairman of VisitScotland and the chief executive of Marketing Edinburgh.
[4] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the ICCA Congress has been postponed[5] and will take place 26–29 September 2021.