BRAZIL 10

26 - 02 - 2008

BRAZIL 10

Yearbook Yearbook Commercial Arbitration, A.J. van den Berg (ed.), Vol. XXXIV (2009)
Jurisdiction Brazil
Summary

Brazil 10. Tribunal de Justiça, State of São Paulo, Private Law Section, 25th Chamber, 26 February 2008

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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.

"Null and void", etc.
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