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Australia: Foreign Arbitration Agreements in Australian Voyage Charterparties No Longer Void - Recent Appeal Overturns 2012 Case

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Information received with thanks from Norton White, Sydney, Australia In June 2012, a single Judge of the Federal Court of Australia held that foreign arbitration agreements in voyage charterparties for the carriage of goods from Australia were void and unenforceable. On 18 September 2013, a three panel bench of the F