Claimant v Defendant (Hamm Higher Regional Court, 21 U 16/13)

Procedural record

1. 9 July 2013Germany

   9 July 2013Germany

   Judgment of the Hamm Higher Regional Court in the case 21 U 16/13 dated 9 July 2013

   Hamm Higher Regional Court

   Case no.

   21 U 16/13

   Decision summary

   The court dismissed the Claimant's appeal against the Bielefeld Regional Court judgment, holding the damages action inadmissible because the parties had entered into a valid and sufficiently determinate LCIA arbitration agreement covering disputes concerning the construction contract and its validity. The court held that the clause was effective despite the reference to LCIA with a seat in Zurich, satisfied the applicable written-form requirements, was not an unfair standard-term provision, and remained independent of the underlying contract; costs were awarded against the Claimant and leave to appeal was refused.

   Participants

   Claimant

   Defendant

   Hamm Higher Regional Court

   Authorities cited

   13

   • German Introductory Act to the Civil Code (EGBGB) (EGBGB Art. 27(1) sentence 1)
     statute
   • German Introductory Act to the Civil Code (EGBGB) (EGBGB Art. 28)
     statute
   • German Code of Civil Procedure (ZPO) (ZPO § 1031)
     statute
   • German Code of Civil Procedure (ZPO) (ZPO § 1032(1))
     statute
   • German Code of Civil Procedure (ZPO) (ZPO § 1040(1) sentence 2)
     statute
   • German Code of Civil Procedure (ZPO) (ZPO § 1061(1) sentence 1)
     statute
   • Federal Court of Justice, NJW 2011, 1965 (BGH, NJW 2011, 1965)
     case-law
   • Federal Court of Justice, NJW 2005, 1125 (BGH, NJW 2005, 1125)
     case-law
   • Federal Court of Justice, NJW 1970, 1046 (BGH, NJW 1970, 1046)
     case-law
   • Federal Court of Justice, NJW 2011, 2977 (BGH, NJW 2011, 2977)
     case-law
   • Higher Regional Court Frankfurt am Main, NJW-RR 2010, 788 (OLG Frankfurt/Main, NJW-RR 2010, 788)
     case-law
   • Kammergericht, SchiedsVZ 2012, 337
     case-law
   • SchiedsVZ 2007, 217
     case-law
2. Date not availableArbitration

   Date not availableArbitration

   LCIA arbitration agreement in section 21 of the construction contract dated 4 November 2008

   Participants

   Claimant

   Defendant

   Representative

   Mr C (For: Defendant)