2 Feb 1994
OONC LINES LIMITED v. SINO-AMERICAN TRADE ADVANCEMENT CO LTD.
- Citation
- OONC LINES LIMITED v. SINO-AMERICAN TRADE ADVANCEMENT CO LTD.
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMP50/1994
The court found that the exchange of faxes and the defendant's handwritten acceptance on the working copy of the charterparty, which incorporated rider clauses including an arbitration clause, constituted a sufficient written record under Article 7(2) of the Model Law to make it reasonably arguable that an arbitration agreement existed; accordingly the court was justified in appointing an arbitrator on behalf of the Defendants, leaving jurisdictional challenges to the tribunal under Article 16.