Pipeline Services WA Pty Ltd v Atco Gas Australia Pty Ltd

• 1. Arbitration
  2. › Commercial arbitration
  3. › Arbitration agreements
  4. › Stay of court proceedings
  5. › Reference to arbitration
  6. › Mandatory referral under statute
  7. › Whether arbitration agreement null and void, inoperative or incapable of being performed
  8. › Commercial Arbitration Act 2012 (WA), s 8
• 1. Arbitration
  2. › Commercial arbitration
  3. › Arbitration clauses
  4. › Construction of arbitration agreements
  5. › Liberal approach to construction
  6. › Whether arbitration clause survives termination of underlying contract
  7. › Whether clause void for uncertainty
• 1. Arbitration
  2. › Commercial arbitration
  3. › Waiver of right to arbitrate
  4. › Whether failure to invoke arbitration clause constitutes waiver
  5. › Whether conduct amounted to election to abandon right
• 1. Statutes
  2. › Retrospective operation
  3. › Transitional provisions
  4. › Whether new arbitration legislation applies to pre-existing arbitration agreements
  5. › Commercial Arbitration Act 2012 (WA), s 43

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