Common use of Limitation on Arbitrator's Authority Clause in Contracts

Limitation on Arbitrator's Authority. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, the Superior Court for the State of California for the County of Orange, shall have sole and exclusive jurisdiction, and an arbitrator shall have no authority, to hear and/or determine: (i) a challenge to the institution or maintenance of a proceeding in arbitration of a claim on the grounds that the claim is barred by the applicable statute of limitations, (ii) the claim is barred by a provision of the California Tort Claims Act, (iii) claimant has failed to satisfy any and all conditions precedent to arbitration, (iv) the right to compel arbitration has been waived by the petitioner, (v) grounds exist for the revocation of the arbitration agreement, and/or (vi) there is the prospect that a ruling in arbitration would conflict with a ruling in a pending proceeding regarding the Project on a common issue of law or fact.

Limitation on Arbitrator's Authority. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, the Superior Court for the State of California for the County of Orange, shall have sole and exclusive jurisdiction, and an arbitrator shall have no authority, to hear and/or determine: (i) a challenge to the institution or maintenance of a proceeding in arbitration of a claim on the grounds that the claim is barred by the applicable statute of limitationsclaim, (ii) the claim is barred by a provision of the California Tort Claims Act, (iii) claimant has failed to satisfy any and all conditions precedent to arbitration, (iv) the right to compel arbitration has been waived by the petitioner, (v) grounds exist for the revocation of the arbitration agreement, and/or (vi) there is the prospect that a ruling in arbitration would conflict with a ruling in a pending proceeding regarding the Project on a common issue of law or fact.