<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Consent, the final frontier. International commercial arbitration is a dis­pute resolution mechanism embedded in consent of the parties involved. Presentation of such a mutual understanding is done through an arbitration agreement. However, the aim of this paper is to analyse whether its contractual, indeed consensual, nature is the only element which the courts use to identify the subjects who may compel or must be compelled to arbitrate disputes, or whether they employ other considerations as well. The paper will focus on extension doctrines which might be less known even to a professional audience: piercing of the corporate veil, estoppel &amp; group of companies. A review of selected case law leads to a conclusion that consent-finding analysis is defi­nitely a starting point of any analysis. However, at the same time courts and arbitrators do indeed use tools of contract interpretation and the ones based on equity or good faith considerations to establish, and exceptionally force, the implication of consent far beyond what is obvious.</p></abstract>

Consent, the final frontier. International commercial arbitration is a dis­pute resolution mechanism embedded in consent of the parties involved. Presentation of such a mutual understanding is done through an arbitration agreement. However, the aim of this paper is to analyse whether its contractual, indeed consensual, nature is the only element which the courts use to identify the subjects who may compel or must be compelled to arbitrate disputes, or whether they employ other considerations as well. The paper will focus on extension doctrines which might be less known even to a professional audience: piercing of the corporate veil, estoppel & group of companies. A review of selected case law leads to a conclusion that consent-finding analysis is defi­nitely a starting point of any analysis. However, at the same time courts and arbitrators do indeed use tools of contract interpretation and the ones based on equity or good faith considerations to establish, and exceptionally force, the implication of consent far beyond what is obvious.

Non-Signatories in International Commercial Arbitration: Contesting the Myth of Consent

International and Comparative Law Review

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Consent, the final frontier. International commercial arbitration is a dis­pute resolution mechanism embedded in consent of the parties involved. Presentation...

Non-Signatories in International Commercial Arbitration: Contesting the Myth of Consent

Published Online: Feb 05, 2019

Page range: 59 - 84

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/iclr-2018-0038

Keywords
Arbitration Agreement, Consent, Estoppel, Extension, Group of Companies, Piercing of the Corporate Veil

© 2019 Slavomír Halla, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Non-Signatories in International Commercial Arbitration: Contesting the Myth of Consent

Published Online: Feb 05, 2019

Page range: 59 - 84

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/iclr-2018-0038

KeywordsArbitration Agreement, Consent, Estoppel, Extension, Group of Compa­nies, Piercing of the Corporate Veil

© 2019 Slavomír Halla, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
Arbitration Agreement, Consent, Estoppel, Extension, Group of Companies, Piercing of the Corporate Veil