Miscellaneous cases regarding the arbitration agreement

Quick links

- (1977) Volume II: GERMANY 5
- (1982) Volume VII: ITALY 43 [sub 2 (separability)]

(1985) Volume X:

ITALY 69 [sub 4-9 (concurrent court action)]

- (1986) Volume XI: ITALY 83

(1987) Volume XII:

SWITZERLAND 11 [sub 11-13 (non-signatory)]

(1989) Volume XIV:

ITALY 99 [sub 4 (reference to arbitral institution generic) and 5 (Art. 2 Italian CCP inapplicable)]

(1990) Volume XV:

US 92 [sub 4 (conflicting contracts)]; US 100 [sub 8-13 (Algiers Accords are arbitration agreement in writing)]; AUSTRIA 8 [sub 2-5 (ambiguous wording)]; ITALY 102 [sub 5 (res judicata of decision on validity of arbitration clause)]; ITALY 103 [sub 3-5 (ambiguous wording)]

(1995) Volume XX:

US 182 [sub 3-16 (both general and specific arbitration clause in contract)]

(1996) Volume XXI:

US 190 [sub 3-8 (mandatory IAAF arbitration)]; US 205 [sub 9-17 (non-signatory)]; US 206 [sub 5 and 8 (reference to standard conditions; KOREA 3 [sub 6-8 (assignment of contract)]; NETHERLANDS 19 [sub 9-13 (clause for religious arbitration)]

(1997) Volume XXII:

US 214 [sub 2-10 (non-signatory)]; US 228 [sub 2-4 (non-signatory)]; AUSTRIA 11 [sub 5-6 (incorrect name of arbitral institution)]

(1998) Volume XXIII:

US 239 [sub 4-7 (non-signatory)]; US 260 [sub 3-7 (clause in insurance policy (Louisiana))]; US 264 [sub 7-9 (non-signatory)]; INDIA 27 [sub 5 (arbitration clause in superseded contract)]; RUSSIAN FEDERATION 8 [sub 14-15 (terms of reference do not substitute for arbitration agreement)]

(1999) Volume XXIV:

UK 52 [sub 1-13 (clause for FETAC arbitration, not successor CIETAC)]; US 270 ; US 271 [sub 1-9 (Liverpool Cotton Association Rules and enforcement jurisdiction)]; US 282 [sub 10-11 (arbitrators orally modified arbitration clause)]; KENYA 1 ; NETHERLANDS 25 [sub 6 (clause for FETAC arbitration, not successor CIETAC)]

- (2000) Volume XXV: US 337

(2001) Volume XXVI:

US 355 [sub 9-15 (waiver by commencing court action)]; US 359 [sub 8-12 (membership USTAF and IAAF arbitration)]; US 361 [sub 20 (general reference)]; ITALY 155

(2004) Volume XXIX:

US 473 [sub 4-10 (list of arbitrators no longer kept by arbitral institution)]; GERMANY 60 [sub 28 (termination of arbitration agreement by failure to participate in arbitration)]

(2005) Volume XXX:

UK 68 [sub 6 (non-signatory)]; US 523 ; INDIA 40 [sub 5-17 (?agreement? in Art. V(1)(a) is arbitration agreement, not main agreement)]; SPAIN 42 [sub 9-10 (vague indication of parties; AUSTRIA 13 [sub 20-26 (forgery)]; GERMANY 80 [sub 4 (general reference)]

(2006) Volume XXXI:

UK 75 [sub 29-32 (transcription of illegible original wording)]; US 539 [sub 21-29 (separability)]; ITALY 168 [sub 1-4 (ambiguous wording)]; GERMANY 88 [sub 5-7 (separability)]; GERMANY 90 [sub 10-19 (ambiguous wording

(2007) Volume XXXII:

UK 76 [sub 1-30 and 37 (non-signatory)]; US 595 [sub 2-10 (arbitration agreement not enforceable against liquidator)]; ITALY 169 [sub 10 (non-signatory)]; GERMANY 102 [sub 3-7 (arbitral tribunal not predetermined)]; SINGAPORE 5 [sub 30-34 (non-signatory)]

(2008) Volume XXXIII:

BRAZIL 5 [sub 2-8 (submission agreement)]; BRAZIL 7 ; BRAZIL 8 [sub 1 and 3 (submission agreement)]; BRAZIL 9 ; FRANCE 46 (short-form arbitration clause); ARGENTINA 1

(2009) Volume XXXIV:

UK 87 [sub 13-34 (non-signatory)]; US 668 [sub 2-8 (conflicting contracts)]; MALAYSIA 3 [sub 35-37 (non-signatory)]

(2010) Volume XXXV:

MALAYSIA 4 [sub 29-32 (non-signatory)]; GERMANY 132 [sub 18 (short-form arbitration clause)]; GERMANY 134 [sub 5-25 (no arbitration agreement]

(2011) Volume XXXVI:

UK 92 (non signatory); AUSTRALIA 35 [sub 81-118 and 336-436 (non-signatory)]; AUSTRALIA 36 [sub 12 and 43-64 (short-form arbitration clause)]; NETHERLANDS 35 (sub 9-12 (applicable rules)]

(2012) Volume XXXVII:

SPAIN 72 ; BRAZIL 24 ; BRAZIL 25 ; BRAZIL 26 ; FRANCE 51 ; COLOMBIA 7 ; GERMANY 141 ; AUSTRALIA 37 ; NETHERLANDS 42 ; SOUTH AFRICA 5 ; RUSSIAN FEDERATION 34

(2013) Volume XXXVIII:

US 783 ; US 788 ; US 791 ; SPAIN 73 ; SPAIN 74 ; SPAIN 76 ; BRAZIL 28 ; CROATIA 1 ; FRANCE 55 ; AUSTRIA 24 ; CHINA PR 9 ; GERMANY 147 ; GERMANY 147 ; RUSSIAN FEDERATION 36

(2014) Volume XXXIX:

US 806 ; US 817 ; BRAZIL 33 ; BRAZIL 36 ; BELGIUM 14 ; PORTUGAL 6

(2015) Volume XL:

US 825 ; US 833 ; US 841 ; LATVIA 1 ; BRAZIL 39 ; BRAZIL 40 ; GERMANY 155 ; HONG KONG 26

(2016) Volume XLI:

BRAZIL 41 sub 7-8 (ambiguous wording); BRAZIL 47 (arbitration clause replaced by later contract); CANADA 34 sub 30-38 (no arbitration agreement); AUSTRIA 29 sub 3-4 (arbitral institution ceased to exist); AUSTRIA 30 sub 20-22 (arbitral institution separated from institution chosen by parties); CHINA PR 13 sub 22-26 (lack of foreign elements in contract); GERMANY 156 sub 27 (no arbitration agreement)

(2017) Volume XLII:

US 887 sub 14-34 (nonsignatory); US 895 sub 17-22 (precondition to arbitration); US 916 sub 8-30 (nonsignatory); FRANCE 61 (transfer of contract); ROMANIA 6 sub 2-3 (nonsignatory)

(2018) Volume XLIII:

US 954 sub 23-30 and 48-50 (parliamentary approval); US 955 sub 51-58 (precondition to arbitration; applicability to party of Energy Charter Treaty arbitration provision); KOREA 8 sub 15-18 (ambiguous wording); INDIA 58 sub 35-36 (ambiguous indication of applicable law); KOREA 12 sub 35-49 and 63-67 (lack of arbitration agreement); BRAZIL 51 sub 4-13 (novation)

(2019) Volume XLIV:

US 977 (sub 13-16 and 33 (agreement for domestic not international arbitration)); INDIA 62 (sub 23-25 (nonsignatory)); BRAZIL 56 (sub 5-6 (precondition to arbitration)); BRAZIL 57 (sub 11-13); ITALY 194 (sub 14-19 (precondition to arbitration))

(2020) Volume XLV:

UK 114 (nonsignatory); UK 115 (sub 59-110 (nonsignatory)); EGYPT 1 (sub 7 (settlement agreement)); EGYPT 3 (nonsignatory); EGYPT 6 (sub 2-4 (lack of legal personality)); KOREA 13 (sub 13-19 and 44-52 (short-form arbitration clause)); AUSTRIA 35 (sub 35-37 (arbitration clause and forum-selection clause)); AUSTRIA 35 (sub 35-37 (arbitration clause and forum-selection clause)); GERMANY 165 (sub 31-49) (no arbitration agreement); HONG KONG 35 (sub 52-66) (forgery); LUXEMBOURG 10 (sub 8-15) (nonsignatory); LUXEMBOURG 10 (sub 8-15) (nonsignatory); HONG KONG 2020-1 (sub 52-66 (forgery)); RUSSIAN FEDERATION 52 (sub 7-11) (sub 25-45) (no arbitration agreement)