Jurisdiction: optional arbitration clause

The question in Aiteo Eastern E&P Co Ltd v Shell Western Supply and Trading Ltd [2022] EWHC 2912 (Comm); [2023] 1 Lloyd's Rep 1 was whether an arbitration clause under which one party had the right to insist upon arbitration had been invoked by that party, thereby precluding judicial proceedings by the other.(2022) 23 ALM 5 6

Aiteo : the facts