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Gulf Import & Export Co v Bunge SA The ‘Mastrogiorgis B’

Gulf Import & Export Co v Bunge SA The ‘Mastrogiorgis B’ 21 November 2007 Flaux J Commercial Court [2007] EWHC 2667 [2007] ArbLR 30 Arbitration Award--Challenge--Jurisdiction--FOSFA Rules providing for `arbitrators' to exercise discretion to allow a claim otherwise deemed abandoned to continue--Whether FOSFA Board of Appeal precluded from exercising its own discretion on appeal (no)--Whether Board of Appeal had jurisdiction (yes)--Arbitration Act 1996, s 67 Arbitration Award--Challenge--Serious irregularity--FOSFA Rules providing for `arbitrators' to exercise discretion to allow a claim otherwise deemed abandoned to continue--Whether FOSFA Board of Appeal precluded from exercising its own discretion on appeal (no)--Whether Board of Appeal exceeded its powers (no)--Arbitration Act 1996, s 68(2)(b) Arbitration Award--Appeal--Question of law--Whether proper construction of rules of administering authority gives rise to a question of law (no)--Arbitration Act 1996, s 69 Appeal Board in two-tier arbitration has jurisdiction to review arbitrators' exercise of discretion Bunge sold Gulf a quantity of about 60,000 metric tons of Brazilian soyabeans in bulk for shipment between 15 April and 10 May 2004 on C&F terms. The contract for sale provided for demurrage at the discharge port at US$55,000 per day. It incorporated the FOSFA 22 form, cl 26 of which referred disputes to FOSFA Rules arbitration. Bunge was the time charterer of the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Arbitration Law Reports and Review Oxford University Press

Gulf Import & Export Co v Bunge SA The ‘Mastrogiorgis B’

Arbitration Law Reports and Review , Volume 2007 (1) – Feb 3, 2017

Gulf Import & Export Co v Bunge SA The ‘Mastrogiorgis B’

Arbitration Law Reports and Review , Volume 2007 (1) – Feb 3, 2017

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21 November 2007 Flaux J Commercial Court [2007] EWHC 2667 [2007] ArbLR 30 Arbitration Award--Challenge--Jurisdiction--FOSFA Rules providing for `arbitrators' to exercise discretion to allow a claim otherwise deemed abandoned to continue--Whether FOSFA Board of Appeal precluded from exercising its own discretion on appeal (no)--Whether Board of Appeal had jurisdiction (yes)--Arbitration Act 1996, s 67 Arbitration Award--Challenge--Serious irregularity--FOSFA Rules providing for `arbitrators' to exercise discretion to allow a claim otherwise deemed abandoned to continue--Whether FOSFA Board of Appeal precluded from exercising its own discretion on appeal (no)--Whether Board of Appeal exceeded its powers (no)--Arbitration Act 1996, s 68(2)(b) Arbitration Award--Appeal--Question of law--Whether proper construction of rules of administering authority gives rise to a question of law (no)--Arbitration Act 1996, s 69 Appeal Board in two-tier arbitration has jurisdiction to review arbitrators' exercise of discretion Bunge sold Gulf a quantity of about 60,000 metric tons of Brazilian soyabeans in bulk for shipment between 15 April and 10 May 2004 on C&F terms. The contract for sale provided for demurrage at the discharge port at US$55,000 per day. It incorporated the FOSFA 22 form, cl 26 of which referred disputes to FOSFA Rules arbitration. Bunge was the time charterer of the

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Oxford University Press
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© Oxford University Press, 2012
Subject
Judgements
ISSN
2044-8651
eISSN
2044-9887
DOI
10.1093/alrr/2007.1.391
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21 November 2007 Flaux J Commercial Court [2007] EWHC 2667 [2007] ArbLR 30 Arbitration Award--Challenge--Jurisdiction--FOSFA Rules providing for `arbitrators' to exercise discretion to allow a claim otherwise deemed abandoned to continue--Whether FOSFA Board of Appeal precluded from exercising its own discretion on appeal (no)--Whether Board of Appeal had jurisdiction (yes)--Arbitration Act 1996, s 67 Arbitration Award--Challenge--Serious irregularity--FOSFA Rules providing for `arbitrators' to exercise discretion to allow a claim otherwise deemed abandoned to continue--Whether FOSFA Board of Appeal precluded from exercising its own discretion on appeal (no)--Whether Board of Appeal exceeded its powers (no)--Arbitration Act 1996, s 68(2)(b) Arbitration Award--Appeal--Question of law--Whether proper construction of rules of administering authority gives rise to a question of law (no)--Arbitration Act 1996, s 69 Appeal Board in two-tier arbitration has jurisdiction to review arbitrators' exercise of discretion Bunge sold Gulf a quantity of about 60,000 metric tons of Brazilian soyabeans in bulk for shipment between 15 April and 10 May 2004 on C&F terms. The contract for sale provided for demurrage at the discharge port at US$55,000 per day. It incorporated the FOSFA 22 form, cl 26 of which referred disputes to FOSFA Rules arbitration. Bunge was the time charterer of the

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Published: Feb 3, 2017

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