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CZECH REPUBLIC v DIAG HUMAN SE AND ANOTHER
[2025] 1 Lloyd's Rep 1
Arbitration – Bilateral Investment Treaty – Jurisdiction – Meaning of “qualifying investment” – Whether dispute arose before BIT was entered into – Meaning of “qualifying investor” – Issue estoppel – Arbitration Act 1996 – Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties 1968.
BARCLAYS BANK PLC v VEB.RF
[2025] 1 Lloyd's Rep 59
Arbitration – Jurisdiction – Preliminary determination of jurisdiction by the court – Arbitration Act 1996, section 32.
INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES LUXEMBOURG SARL AND ANOTHER v THE KINGDOM OF SPAIN | BORDER TIMBERS LTD AND ANOTHER v REPUBLIC OF ZIMBABWE
[2025] 1 Lloyd's Rep 66
Arbitration – Sovereign immunity – Arbitration award obtained under ICSID Convention 1965 – Enforcement in England – Whether accession to ICSID was submission to jurisdiction – ICSID Convention, articles 53 to 55 – State Immunity Act 1978, sections 1, 2 and 9.
MARCHAND NAVIGATION CO v OLAM GLOBAL AGRI PTE LTD AND ANOTHER
[2025] 1 Lloyd's Rep 92
Charterparty (time) – Lien on sub-freights – Disponent owner exercising lien over sub-freights having paid for bunkers under time charterparty – Demurrage owed under voyage charterparty – Meaning of “amounts due under this charter” – Nature of shipowner's lien over sub-freights, sub-hires or demurrages – Time charterer asserting arbitration clause – Meaning of “dispute” – New York Produce Exchange 1946.
ORION SHIPPING AND TRADING LTD v GREAT ASIA MARITIME LTD (THE "LILA LISBON")
[2025] 1 Lloyd's Rep 101
Ship sale – Seller's default – Seller failing to give notice of readiness – Buyer terminating agreement – Damages – Loss of bargain – Norwegian Sale Form 2012 – Sale of Goods Act 1979, section 51 – Arbitration Act 1996, section 69.
KINGDOM OF SPAIN v LONDON STEAMSHIP OWNERS’ MUTUAL INSURANCE ASSOCIATION LTD | FRENCH STATE v LONDON STEAMSHIP OWNERS’ MUTUAL INSURANCE ASSOCIATION LTD (THE “PRESTIGE”)
[2025] 1 Lloyd's Rep 115
Arbitration – Appeal against award – Whether arbitrator had jurisdiction to disregard judgment of Court of Justice of the European Union – Issue estoppel – Public policy – Equitable compensation – Award of injunction against a state – Damages in lieu of injunction – Arbitration Act 1996, sections 48, 66, 67 and 69 – State Immunity Act 1978, section 13 – Senior Courts Act 1981, section 50 – Brussels Regulation (EC) No 44/2001, articles 1 and 34.
INVESTCOM GLOBAL LTD v PLC INVESTMENTS LTD AND OTHERS
[2025] 1 Lloyd's Rep 163
Arbitration – Seat of the arbitration – Seat not designated by parties – Seat determined by ICC – Whether ICC had jurisdiction to determine seat – Anti-suit injunction – Senior Courts Act 1981, section 37 – Arbitration Act 1996, section 3 – CPR Part 62.5 and Practice Direction 6B.
TUMPUAN MEGAH DEVELOPMENT SDN BHD v ING BANK NV AND ANOTHER
[2025] 1 Lloyd's Rep 181
Arbitration – Stay of judicial proceedings – Issue estoppel – Extension of time – Arbitration Act 1996, sections 9, 66, 73 and 80(5).
VALLIANZ SHIPBUILDING & ENGINEERING PTE LTD v OWNER OF THE VESSEL "ECO SPARK"
[2025] 1 Lloyd's Rep 195
Admiralty – Admiralty jurisdiction and arrest – Action in rem – Definition of “ship” – Meaning of “vessel used in navigation” – Whether barge converted to floating fish farm a “ship” – High Court (Admiralty Jurisdiction) Act 1961, section 2 – Interpretation Act 1965.