Habas Sinai Tibbi Gazlar Isthisal Endustri AS v Sometal SAL – QBD (Com Ct)(Christopher Clarke J) – 18 December 2009

Arbitration – Incorporation of arbitration clause – Whether general words referring to “previous contracts” between same parties capable of incorporating arbitration clause – Whether words apt to incorporate arbitration clause

This was an application by Habas Sinai ve Tibbi Gazlar Isthisal Endustri AS (“Habas”), a Turkish company, under section 67 of the Arbitration Act 1996, to set aside an arbitration award determining that the tribunal had jurisdiction to entertain a claim made by Sometal SAL (“Sometal”), a Lebanese company.