# Arbitration Clause Enforceability

**Numéro de cause:** ATAS/321/2003
**Citation:** CJ GE ATAS/321/2003
**Autorité / Tribunal:** Cour de Justice (Cour civile) (Chambre des assurances sociales)
**Date de la décision:** 2003-12-11
**Issue du litige:** Rejeté (Dismissed)
**Canonical Legislator URL:** https://legislator.ch/fr/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

## Synthèse Legislator

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.

## Regeste Legislator

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.

## Mots-clés

clause compromissoire · décision exécutoire · constatation de droits subjectifs · validité du contrat · clause d'effectivité · annulation de sentence arbitrale

## Dispositions légales citées

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

## Questions juridiques clés extraites par 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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