Stycket

1.Much of the Swedish debate on party substitution in arbitration agreements has circulated around the effects of singular succession on arbitration agreements. One of the most disputed aspects is to what extent the remaining party (A) is bound to arbitrate with the transferee (C) when a right only has been transferred from A’s original counterparty (B), to (C). The Swedish position on this issue is unregulated in the Swedish Arbitration Act (SAA). Instead, it is defined by a concise statement in the preparatory works of the SAA and the succinct Supreme Court judgment NJA 1997 s. 866 (“Emja”).s. 633