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Halki Shipping Corporation v Sopex Oils Ltd

Language: English Series: New Property Cases ; [1998] 4 NPC (3)Publication details: 1998Subject(s): Summary: Arbitration - a fundamental review of the new 1996 Act. Civil procedure. Whether `dispute` excluded defence which had no real substance - RSC Ord 14. Shipping Law. Charterparty referred disputes to arbitration. Plaintiff shipowner sought liquidated damages on the basis that there was no arguable defence - Defendant charterer sought stay. Arbitration Act 1996 s 9. TAKEN FROM HEADNOTE. NOT TO BE PHOTOCOPIED.

Arbitration - a fundamental review of the new 1996 Act. Civil procedure. Whether `dispute` excluded defence which had no real substance - RSC Ord 14. Shipping Law. Charterparty referred disputes to arbitration. Plaintiff shipowner sought liquidated damages on the basis that there was no arguable defence - Defendant charterer sought stay. Arbitration Act 1996 s 9. TAKEN FROM HEADNOTE. NOT TO BE PHOTOCOPIED.