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UK court dismisses shipowner's attempt to avoid arbitration
(Shipping Times)
February 13, 1998
By M Selva Kumar
AN ENGLISH court has thrown out an attempt by a shipowner to avoid the arbitration clause in a voyage charterparty by seeking a summary (Order 14) judgment.
The court held that UK's new Arbitration Act 1996 entitles the charterer to have the dispute resolved by arbitration as, unlike its predecessor, the 1996 Act does not give the courts ...... Read more on Shipping Times
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