UNITED STATES 735

08 - 03 - 2011

UNITED STATES 735

Yearbook Yearbook Commercial Arbitration, A.J. van den Berg (ed.), Vol. XXXVI (2011)
Jurisdiction United States
Summary

US 735. United States District Court, Southern District of Florida, 8 March 2011

Related topics
214-216 Field of application
220

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.
UNITED STATES 735