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Rechtbank, Rotterdam, 9 September 2020, Case no. C/10/585135 / HA ZA 19-1017
(Ediola Shipping Ltd. v. Cefetra B.V.)

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Jurisdiction Netherlands
Summary

The Rotterdam Court of First Instance held in a preliminary ruling on jurisdiction that under the applicable English law a ceded non-contractual obligation was not a "dispute arising out of the relationship into which parties entered or purported to enter".

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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
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