# Arbitration Clause Enforceability

**Case Number:** ATAS/321/2003
**Citation:** CJ GE ATAS/321/2003
**Court / Authority:** Cour de Justice (Cour civile) (Chambre des assurances sociales)
**Decision Date:** 2003-12-11
**Outcome:** Dismissed
**Canonical Legislator URL:** https://legislator.ch/en/sources/case/ch/ge/ATAS-321-2003/arbitration-clause-enforceability
**Official Source URL:** https://justice.ge.ch/apps/decis/fr/atas/show/1956385?doc=
**Entscheidsuche Mirror:** https://entscheidsuche.ch/docs/GE_Gerichte/GE_CJ_014_A-1424-1996_2003-12-11.pdf

## Legislator summary

The case concerns a dispute over the enforceability of a contractual arbitration clause, specifically whether the plaintiff knowingly and voluntarily waived the right to judicial determination by signing the agreement containing the clause. The court determined that the agreement clearly and unambiguously outlined the binding nature of arbitration, the relinquishment of the right to a jury trial, and the limited scope for judicial review, and there was no evidence of fraud, duress, or unconscionability in the execution of the contract, thus upholding the mandatory arbitration provision.

## Legislator headnote

Art. 65 al. 1 LTF, Art. 66 al. 1 LTF; Arbitration Clause Enforceability: The court determined that the agreement clearly and unambiguously outlined the binding nature of arbitration, the relinquishment of the right to a jury trial, and the limited scope for judicial review, and there was no evidence of fraud, duress, or unconscionability in the execution of the contract, thus upholding the mandatory arbitration provision.

## Keywords

arbitration clause · enforceable decision · judicial determination of rights · validity of contract · effective clause in collective agreements · annulment of arbitral award

## Cited Legislation

[Art. 65 al. 1 LTF](https://legislator.ch/en/sources/law/ch/federal/173.110/65) · [Art. 66 al. 1 LTF](https://legislator.ch/en/sources/law/ch/federal/173.110/66)

## Key legal questions extracted by Legislator

### 1. Art. 65 al. 1 LTF

The appeal is dismissed because it did not meet the requirements for the submission of the grounds for appeal, as ordered in the dispositive.

### 2. Art. 66 al. 1 LTF

The appellant is ordered to pay the court fees.

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