AUSTRIA 32
Yearbook
Yearbook Commercial Arbitration, A.J. van den Berg (ed.), Vol. XLII (2017)
Jurisdiction
Austria
Excerpt
Excerpt decision AUSTRIA 32
Summary
Austria 32. T GesmbH v. O, Inc., USA, Oberster Gerichtshof, 1 March 2017, 5 Ob 72/16y
Related topics
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"Null and void", etc.
The court discusses how to interpret the Convention’s requirement that the agreement is not null and void etc., as well as specific cases of invalidity: e.g., lack of consent (misrepresentation, duress, or fraud), vague wording of the arbitral clause; other terms of the contract contradict the intention to arbitrate, etc.