Orion Shipping: Arbitration Act Appeal

Orion Shipping: Arbitration Act Appeal

Paul Bugden, Bugden + Co., London Ref: Orion Shipping and Trading Ltd v Great Asia Maritime Ltd [2024] EWHC 2075 (Comm) Dias J. This was an appeal under section 69 of the Arbitration Act 1996 from a Partial Final Award of an LMAA Tribunal. The underlying dispute...
Force Majeure Off the Rails!

Force Majeure Off the Rails!

Nicholas Cumming, Solicitor, and Frazer Hunt, partner, Mills Oakley, Australia Ref: Woolworths vs SCT Logistics [2021] NSWSC 344  A recent decision of the Supreme Court of NSW, Woolworths vs SCT Logistics [2021] NSWSC 344, held that despite there being a force majeure...