UNITED STATES 769

02 - 04 - 2012

UNITED STATES 769

Yearbook Yearbook Commercial Arbitration, A.J. van den Berg (ed.), Vol. XXXVII (2012)
Jurisdiction United States
Summary

US 769. United States District Court, Southern District of Florida, 2 April 2012

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 769