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When negotiating international commercial contracts, it is important that the parties carefully consider their choice of governing law and dispute resolution clauses and that both are expressly set out in the contract
On 22 June 2010, the English Court of Appeal held, in Jivraj v Hashwani, that specifying religious criteria for the appointment of an arbitrator in an arbitration clause in a commercial contract rendered the clause void
