Syska and another v Vivendi Universal SA and others – WLR daily

Posted July 13th, 2009 in arbitration, EC law, insolvency, jurisdiction, law reports by sally

Syska and another v Vivendi Universal SA and others [2009] EWCA Civ 677; [2009] WLR (D) 236

“Where a party to an arbitration reference became insolvent in an EU member state while the arbitration proceedings were pending in another member state, the appropriate law applicable to determine the validity of the agreement to progress the arbitration was the law of the member state where the arbitration was pending.”

WLR Daily, 10th July 2009

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