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Yearbook Yearbook Commercial Arbitration, P. Sanders (ed.), Vol. VI (1981)
Jurisdiction Australia
Summary

Australia 1. Supreme Court Of New South Wales, Equity Divison, 5 September 1979

Related topics
201

The court discusses whether the dispute falls within the wording of the arbitration agreement; and whether claims in tort fall within the scope of the agreement.

Scope of arbitration agreement
217

The court discusses the meaning and effect of the referral of the resolution of disputes to arbitration, including: who can ask for referral and when, whether a party has waived its right to request arbitration, the defense that there was no contract at all; whether there was a condition precedent to the commencement of arbitration (e.g. mediation), stay of proceedings v. compelling arbitration, and national procedural specificities such as remand and removal (US), effect of class action. etc.

Referral to arbitration in general
218

The court discusses whether referral of the resolution of disputes to arbitration is mandatory under the Convention and whether mandatory referral is an internationally uniform rule which supersedes municipal law.

Referral is mandatory
223

The court discusses whether a certain dispute could be settled by arbitration, and the law applicable to that determination.

Arbitrability (see also Art. V(2) sub ground a. "arbitrability", ¶519)
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