Category: arbitration

Fiona Trust and Holding Corporation and Others v Privalov and Others – Times Law Reports

Posted October 25th, 2007 in arbitration, bribery, charterparties, jurisdiction, law reports, stay of proceedings by sally

Bribery dispute is within scope of charterparty

Fiona Trust and Holding Corporation and Others v Privalov and Others

House of Lords

“A dispute as to whether a charterparty contract had been validly rescinded for alleged bribery came within the scope of an arbitration term in the contract.”

The Times, 25th October 2007

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Bandwidth Shipping Corpn v Intaari – WLR Daily

Posted October 22nd, 2007 in arbitration, law reports by sally

Bandwidth Shipping Corpn v Intaari [2007] EWCA CIV 998

“An application under s 68 of the Arbitration Act 1996 to remit an arbitration award on the grounds of the tribunal’s unfairness faced a high hurdle. If an arbitrator appreciated that a party had missed a point then fairness required the arbitrator to raise it so that the party could deal with it. But where there was no such appreciation it was not unfair to leave it to counsel, particularly highly experienced counsel who showed a detailed knowledge of the case, to take such points as he wished.”

WLR Daily, 22nd October 2007

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Fili Shipping Co Ltd v Premium Nafta Products Ltd (on appeal from Fiona Trust and Holding Corpn v Privalov) – WLR Daily

Posted October 18th, 2007 in arbitration, bribery, charterparties, jurisdiction, law reports, stay of proceedings by sally

Fili Shipping Co Ltd v Premium Nafta Products Ltd (on appeal from Fiona Trust and Holding Corpn v Privalov) [2007] UKHL 40

“A dispute as to whether a charterparty contract could be rescinded for alleged bribery came within the scope of an agreement in the charterparty to submit to arbitration any dispute arising under the contract.”

WLR Daily, 17th October 2007

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Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.

Boost for arbitration after landmark ruling – The Times

Posted October 18th, 2007 in arbitration, news by sally

“London’s hopes of becoming the world’s pre-eminent centre for arbitration were boosted as the UK’s highest court officially embraced the alternative method of settling disputes.”

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The Times, 17th October 2007

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ASM Shipping Ltd of India v. Harris and Others – Times Law Reports

Posted August 6th, 2007 in arbitration, bias, law reports by sally

Arbitrators not tainted by association

ASM Shipping Ltd of India v Harris and Others

“It was not the case that where one member of a tribunal was tainted by apparent bias that the whole tribunal was thereby affected.”

The Times, 6th August 2007

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Arbitration cost to come under CEDR microscope – LegalWeek

Posted July 10th, 2007 in arbitration, news by michael

“The cost and speed of international arbitration will be discussed at the first meeting of the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR) Commission on Settlement in International Arbitration today.”

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LegalWeek, 10th July 2007

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Sumukan Ltd. v. Commonwealth Secretariat – Times Law Reports

Posted April 13th, 2007 in appeals, arbitration, law reports by sally

Power to hear appeal on whether exclusion agreement valid

Sumukan Ltd. v. Commonwealth Secretariat

Court of Appeal

“The Court of Appeal had jurisdiction to determine an appeal from a judge’s decision on whether the parties to an arbitration agreement had agreed to exclude an appeal to a court on a point of law under section 69 of the Arbitration Act 1996.”

The Times, 13th April 2007

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Stretford v. Football Association Ltd. and Another – Times Law Reports

Posted April 13th, 2007 in arbitration, human rights, law reports by sally

Parties to an arbitration waive Convention right to fair trial

Stretford v. Football Association Ltd. and Another

Court of Appeal

“An arbitration agreement in the rules of a national football association did not contravene the right to a fair trial guaranteed by article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights.”

The Times, 13th April 2007

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

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