“Pathological clause”
Term used to describe an arbitration clause, or more generally an arbitration agreement, whose defective drafting does not allow the constitution of an arbitral tribunal or the appointment of a sole arbitrator without the intervention, not anticipated by the parties, of the “supporting” judge – or even renders it impossible to establish arbitral jurisdiction. In this last situation, the arbitration agreement is null and void or cannot be applied and the State Courts regain jurisdiction to settle the dispute.
Glossary
- UNCITRAL
- Terms of Reference
- Swiss Chambers’ Court of Arbitration and Mediation (Swiss Chambers)
- Supporting judge
- Substantive law
- Sole arbitrator
- Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC)
- Seat of arbitration
- Request for arbitration
- Provisional and conservatory measures
- Procedural law
- New York Convention
- Multiparty Arbitration
- London Court of International Arbitration – LCIA
- Lex Mercatoria
- Language of the arbitration
- Investment Arbitration or Investment Treaty Arbitration
- International public policy
- International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) International Court of Arbitration
- International Chamber of Commerce – ICC
- International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID)
- International Arbitration
- Institutional Arbitration
- Independence and impartiality
- IBA Rules on the Taking of Evidence in International Arbitration
- Honk Kong International Arbitration Centre – HKIAC
- Exequatur
- Enforcement
- Competence – competence
- China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission – CIETAC
- Award by consent
- Award
- Arbitrator
- Arbitration rules
- Arbitration law
- Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (SCC)
- Arbitration agreement
- Arbitration
- Arbitral tribunal
- Arbitral institution
- Arbitral case law or Arbitral precedent
- Appointing authority
- Amiable composition
- American Arbitration Association - AAA
- Ad hoc arbitration
- Action to set aside