UNITED STATES 1000

United States District Court, Eastern District of 
Louisiana, 21 November 2019
(Ronald Havard v. Offshore Specialty Fabricators, LLC)

21 - 11 - 2019

UNITED STATES 1000

Yearbook Yearbook Commercial Arbitration, S. W. Schill (ed.), Vol. XLV (2020)
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Summary

The personal injury claims of a US seaman were referred to arbitration in London under the arbitration clause in the insurance policy between the US employer and a UK insurer. The plaintiff had added the insurer as a direct defendant to the action and was therefore bound by the arbitration clause in the insurance contract on which it was otherwise relying. 
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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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Multi-party disputes: The court discusses under which conditions non-signatories are covered by an arbitration agreement entered into by another party.

 Third parties (see also Art. I sub F "problems concerning the identity of the respondent", ¶106)
UNITED STATES 1000