Stay of proceedings: statutory demands

Stay of proceedings: statutory demands - 2001 - Arbitration Law Monthly 1(8) October 2001, 10-12(3) .

Considers a recent Australian case "Reinsurance Australian Corporation Ltd v Odyssey Re (Bermuda) Ltd" 2000 concerning whether a party who claims to be owed a sum of money can sidestep the obligation to arbitrate his claim by serving a statutory demand thereby initiating proceedings which can lead to the winding up of the debtor.


STATUTORY DEMAND
REINSUANCE AUSTRALIA CORPORATION LTD V ODYSSEY RE (BERMUDA) LTD
ARIAS ARBITRATION RULES
DEBT
MANAGEMENT-DISPUTE AVOIDANCE, MANAGEMENT AND RESOLUTION-DISPUTE MANAGEMENT AND RESOLUTION-ARBITRATION
JURISDICTION
NEW YORK CONVENTION 1968