SCHUMACHER TRADING AS VITA KONZERN v. LAUREL ISLAND LTD. (THE “SANTA CRUZ TRES”)
[1995] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 208
QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION(COMMERCIAL COURT)
Before Mr. Justice Mance
Arbitration - Award - Validity - Application to set aside - Dispute between owners and charterers - Owners referred claim to arbitration - Communication between owners’ solicitors and charterers’ agent - Arbitrator made award - Whether charterers received actual notice of relevant stages in purported arbitration - Whether award binding on charterers - Whether award should be set aside.