Arbitration Clause – Contract.-
A contract in regard to the execution of the works in building a bridge, contained a clause, referring all differences and disputes to two neutral men of skill, as arbiters to be chosen, and in case of them differing, with power to them to choose an oversman, whose determination was to be final. Held, on a preliminary defence being stated, to a summons raised for failure to implement the contract, founded on this clause, that an agreement to refer all disputes to arbiters, did not bar the present action in this court, and that the plea in this case, was irrelevant and inadmissible.
[1770] UKHL 2 – Paton – 209
Bailii
Scotland, Construction, Arbitration
Updated: 13 January 2022; Ref: scu.561667
