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

Applicable rules
LCIA arbitration rules
  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.

    Supporting details

    13 authorities · 2 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

    Supporting details

    3 participants
    Claimant
    Defendant
    Representative
    Mr C (For: Defendant)

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