law: Arbitration Act 1940
  Section 40
  Arbitration Agreement not to be Discharged by Death of Party Thereto
  (1) An arbitration agreement shall not be
  
  discharged by the death of any party thereto either as respects the deceased or
  
  as respects any other party, but shall in such event be enforceable by or
  
  against the legal represented of the deceased.
  (2) The mandate of an arbitrator shall not be
  
  terminated by the death of any party by whom he was appointed.
  (3) Nothing in this section shall affect the
  
  operation of any law by virtue of which any right of action is extinguished by
  
  the death of a person.