Relationship between arbitration and judicial proceedings

by Roberto Olivaart. 42 It. code civ. proc., art. 295 It. code civ. proc., art. 819/ter It. code civ. proc., art. 824/bis It. code civ. proc.Posted on No Comments

The relationship between arbitration and judicialĀ proceedings was the topic of a rulingĀ of the Italian Supreme Court (orderĀ no. 783 of 19 January 2016 of the III Civil Chamber, Italian text available here). In this ruling, the Supreme Court came to the right conclusion that it is not allowed to order the stay of proceedings pending before a Court while awaiting the decision in proceedings pending before an Arbitral Tribunal. However, the Supreme Court’s reasoning is not entirely correct. This is the reason why I would like to briefly discuss itsĀ ruling.

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Optional arbitration

by Roberto Olivaart. 806 It. code civ. proc., art. 808 It. code civ. proc.Posted on No Comments

An arbitration clause stipulates that all the disputes arising out ofĀ the agreement may be referred to an Arbitral Tribunal. Is thatĀ an optional arbitration, in the sense that the claimant may choose between the Court and the Arbitral Tribunal? Does the jurisdiction exclusively rest with the Arbitral Tribunal? Or is it a void or ineffective arbitration clause?

I already talked about this issue in this article, when analysing an order rendered by the Court of first instance of Milan. Recent rulings of the I Civil Chamber of the Court of Appeal of Bologna (decision no. 1884 of 12 November 2015, Italian text available here) and the VI Civil Chamber of the SupremeĀ Court (decision no. 22039 of 28 October 2015, Italian text available here) have shed light on this issue again.

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