Scope of arbitration clause: application to settlement contract

Interserve Industrial Services Ltd v ZRE Katowice SA [2012] EWHC 3205 (TCC), a decision of HHJ David Grant, raised a question of construction. Where the parties had agreed to refer disputes under their contract to arbitration, and disputes have arisen and have been settled, are any further disputes under the settlement also subject to an obligation to go to arbitration? On the facts of the present case, the answer was a positive one.

Interserve : the facts