Arbitration Law Monthly
Jurisdiction: existence of a contracting party
The question in Ga-Hyun Chung v Silver Dry Bulk Co Ltd [2019] EWHC 1147 (Comm) was whether there could be a challenge to the substantive jurisdiction of an arbitral tribunal under section 67 of the Arbitration Act 1996 where one of the parties to the arbitration agreement had ceased to exist by the time the arbitration notice was served.
Chung
:the facts