Halki Shipping Corporation v Sopex Oils Ltd

Halki Shipping Corporation v Sopex Oils Ltd - 1998 - Weekly Law Reports (1998) 1 WLR 726-763(38) .

CA 19 December 1997. Arbitration - Stay of judical proceedings - Arbitration agreement - Claim for demurrage - Charterers not admitting claim - Disputes agreed to be referred to arbitration - Shipowners asserting no defence to claim - Whether "dispute" between parties - Whether action to be stayed - Arbitration Act 1996 (c. 23) s9 (1)(4). HEADNOTE.


MANAGEMENT-DISPUTE AVOIDANCE, MANAGEMENT AND RESOLUTION-DISPUTE MANAGEMENT AND RESOLUTION-ARBITRATION
HALKI SHIPPING CORPORATION V SOPEX OILS LTD