1992年8月英国一审法院和1993年5月英国上诉法院均判决“德克萨斯星”(Star Texas)轮纠纷一案租约中的仲裁条款有效,英国法院应停止诉讼程序。从本案的判决结果,我们认为英国法院关于确认了一则“浮动”仲裁条款的有效性,是完全正确和有益的。现在让我们从头说起,本案发生在四年前,1989年12月30日中国某公司托运的危险货物环氧氯丙烷共32个集装箱,计 In August 1992, both the English Court of First Instance and the UK Court of Appeal in May 1993 ruled that the arbitration clause in the lease contract for the Star Texas dispute was valid and the English court should suspend the proceedings. From the judgment of this case, we think it is perfectly correct and helpful for the English courts to confirm the validity of a “floating” arbitration clause. Now let us start from the beginning, the case took place four years ago, on December 30, 1989, a company of China consigned to a total of 32 containers of epichlorohydrin, in total,