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choice to arbitrate but rather is seen as limited to peripheral matters, such as declaring a dispute arbitrable, compelling arbitration, declaring the validity of the award, or deciding on the merits if the parties dispense with arbitration. The ostensible authority of a signatory is


governed by the putative proper law of the contract, whereas actual authority of a corporation will be governed by the laws of the place of incorporation.


Rod Butler, director of Cedar Forwarding Services: We have an exclusive long-term contract with a customer but we are finding that the


customer is using us with decreasing frequency as he has chosen to put his energy into other aspects of his business. Can we insist upon a certain minimum level of work? Paul Bugden:Where the contract is of a long-term nature it is a matter of construction of the contract within its own factual matrix as to what extent, if at all, the customer is obliged to maintain a state of


affairs which gives rise to the underlying subject matter of the contract, and to what extent the customer can dispose of, or otherwise cease, that business activity. While a term contract may not oblige the


customer to keep up the expected or any particular flow of work, it may nevertheless give the contractor the exclusive right to such work as there is.


The content of this article is intended to provide a general guide to the subject matter. Specialist advice should be sought about your specific circumstances.


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