UK 33
Yearbook
Yearbook Commercial Arbitration, A.J. van den Berg (ed.), Vol. XVIII (1993)
Jurisdiction
United Kingdom
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Full text decision UK 33
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Excerpt decision UK 33
Summary
UK 33. Court of Appeal, Civil Division, 22 January 1992
Related topics
214-216
Field of application
218
Referral is mandatory
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.
219
There must be a dispute
The court discusses how to determine that there is a dispute as a condition for referral to arbitration.
228
Pre-award attachment and other provisional measures
Related court proceedings: The court discusses whether provisional measures, such as the pre-award attachment of assets, are compatible with the Convention.
506
Law applicable to the arbitration agreement
Invalidity of the arbitration agreement: The court discusses the law applicable to the validity of the arbitration agreement at the enforcement stage.