INTERPRETING DISPUTE RESOLUTION CLAUSES – A Liberal view

Keerthana B - Student Intern, Dispute Resolution Practice While considering commercial contracts and the business relationships borne out of them, on certain occasions, parties to the contract or agreement continue their business relationship even after the formal expiry of its term. In such scenarios, there is often a conundrum on if and could the parties be held accountable to fulfil their obligations under the continuous business relationship, despite the formal expiry of the term of the Contract and the mode of dispute resolution to be adopted in the scenario that the said Contract has an Arbitration clause. The question concerning the arbitrability...