Question juridique clé
Whether the arbitral tribunal had jurisdiction despite parallel proceedings before the Geneva lease court and a procedural accord of 14 May 2009.
Solution extraite
The arbitrator could validly rule on his own jurisdiction; the procedural accord did not amount to a clear waiver of arbitration or submission on the merits to the state court.
Motifs extraits
Art. 7 LDIP required the state court to decline jurisdiction only if the defendant proceeded on the merits without reservation. The record showed the respondent consistently invoked the arbitration clause and never accepted state-court jurisdiction.