Court of Pavia, judgment of 20 April 2026, No. 342

A contractual clause requiring that an amicable settlement attempt precede the commencement of proceedings does not constitute an arbitration clause, whether for arbitration proper or for contractual arbitration (arbitrato irrituale), and does not give rise to a ground of inadmissibility of the judicial claim, since procedural requirements are established in the public interest and cannot be founded on party autonomy.